A four-day meeting of hundreds of Chinese Communist Party (CPC) delegates, chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping concluded on Thursday, with the release of a communique.

The broad document highlights major points in the next five-year plan for China's economic development.

Here are three of the main things we have learned from the meeting and what the communique says:

China watchers have been looking at the official numbers regarding attendance this week.

You would need a pretty good excuse not to turn up to a Plenum session chaired by Xi. For example, very serious illness.