 In China, one of the most important policy meetings in years started today. It's what the ruling Communist Party calls the Third Plenum, and it can be a little difficult to understand. NPR's John Ruich explains what's at stake. Every five years, China's ruling Communist Party picks a new central committee. It's the party's top policymaking body, and it meets a few times over the course of the term, in secret at a guarded military hotel in Beijing.