Bloomberg citing four "people familiar with the matter" in their report that President Xi Jinping will convene a Communist Party meeting within days to select China's next government, including monetary and financial regulators

  • party's top 400 officials expected to gather in Beijing ahead of annual legislative meetings next month
  • session would approve personnel appointments and government restructuring decisions

The plenum will lay the ground for National People's Congress meetings that start March 5

People's Bank of China Governor Zhou Xiaochuan is expected to retire soon.