China holds Communist Party's Politburo meeting on Monday

Dhwani Mehta FXStreet

China held the Communist Party's Politburo meeting on November 27, with the key takeaways noted below.

Need to further strengthen the centralized, unified leadership of the party central committee on foreign affairs work.

Need to speed up the forming of a systematic, complete system of foreign-related laws and regulations.

Need to continually improve institutionalization of foreign affairs work.

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