The 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) began its 5th plenary session Saturday in Beijing.

The meeting, scheduled to last till Tuesday, will mainly discuss suggestions on the country's 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) for national economic and social development.

Previously, the 16th CPC Central Committee had held four plenary sessions since the 16th CPC National Congress was convened in November 2002.

-- Nov. 15, 2002, 1st plenary session

The plenum elected members and an alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, members of the Political Bureau's Standing Committee, and general secretary of the CPC Central Committee.

In accordance with the nominations by the Standing Committee of the Central Committee Political Bureau, the plenum adopted a list of members of the Secretariat of the Central Committee and decided on the formation of the Central Military Commission.

It also approved a list of secretary, deputy secretaries and

Standing Committee members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), who were elected at the CCDI's first plenary session.

-- Feb. 24 - 26, 2003, 2nd plenary session

The plenum deliberated and adopted a list of proposed

candidates for leading official positions of government bodies to be recommended to the First Session of the 10th National People's Congress (NPC) and another list of proposed candidates for leading official positions of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) to be recommended at the First Session of the 10th CPPCC National Committee.

The plenum adopted "The Ideas on Conducting In-depth Reform of Administrative Management and Institutions", and suggested the State Council submit the "Program concerning Institutional Restructuring of the State Council" worked out based on the ideas to the First Session of the 10th NPC for consideration.

-- Oct. 11 - 14, 2003, 3rd plenary session

The plenum deliberated and approved two documents -- a decision of the CPC Central Committee on issues regarding the improvement

of the socialist market economic system and a proposal of the CPC Central Committee on revising the country's Constitution.

The meeting decided to submit the two documents to the Standing Committee of the 10th NPC for deliberation.

-- Sept. 16 - 19, 2004, 4th plenary session

The participants discussed a work report delivered by CPC Central Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao as entrusted by the Political Bureau.

The Central Committee also deliberated and adopted a resolution on improving the governance capability of the Party.