<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will open on Sunday at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, and conclude on October 22, lasting seven days.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The party congress of China's Communist Party is held every five years where party delegates decide future policies, any amendments in the party constitution and announce new leadership roles. 2,296 delegates from across the country have gathered in the capital Beijing to participate in the 20th party congress.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party is the topmost party congregation which decides the succession in China's elite politics. In recent years, these meetings have seen a streamlined transfer of power.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">The convention is for the top party leader, having completed two five-year terms, to pass the baton to a carefully chosen successor.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">But this year, President Xi Jinping is expected to break that precedent, taking on a third term as general secretary of the party and further consolidating his power leaving it uncertain when or how the country would see his successor.</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;">20th party congress is happening amid rare protest banners emerging on a overbridge in capital Beijing on Thursday against President Xi and his rigid Zero COVID policy of widespread restrictions and lockdowns, resulting in the slowdown of the world's second-largest economy. </p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><br />''</p>''<p style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #222222;">Following the incident, security which is already tight in Beijing has been further beefed up with reports that some of the areas in the city have been virtually shut down and police were deployed on numerous overpasses. </span></p>