China to Discuss First Revisions to Constitution Since 2004
- Current constitution limits Xi to two terms as president
- Change needed to establish legal basis for anti-graft body
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China’s leading policy makers plan to discuss next month a proposal to amend the national constitution for the first time since 2004, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
The decision was made on Wednesday at a Politburo meeting headed by President Xi Jinping, according to the report. It provided no details on the possible change to the constitution, which was first adopted in 1982 and revised four times. The party’s Central Committee will discuss the amendments at a plenum some time in January.