BEIJING, Sept. 30 (Xinhua) -- A key Chinese political meeting that looks set to discuss rule of law has been scheduled for Oct. 20-23 in Beijing.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee set the date for the fourth plenary session of the CPC 18th central committee at a meeting chaired by General Secretary Xi Jinping on Tuesday.

According to earlier reports, this will be the first time a plenary session of the CPC Central Committee has taken rule of law as its central theme.

The Tuesday meeting also discussed the same topic, as well as reviewing the CPC's "mass line" campaign aimed at boosting ties between officials and the public, according to a statement.