European experts expect economic measures, military personnel changes from China's Third Plenary Session

Cars are stacked ready to be loaded onto a ship for export at the port in Taicang, in China’s eastern Jiangsu province on July 16, 2024. FILE - Policemen officers prepare for their duty on a street near the Jingxi Hotel where the Communist Party's 205-member Central Committee is holding its third plenum in Beijing, July 15, 2024.

European experts watching China’s Third Plenum say this week’s high-level meetings are unlikely to touch on political reform but will likely introduce several measures to reverse the nation’s economic downturn.