On the surface, this second plenum is a routine meeting. However, given the rapidly changing domestic and international situation, the changes in ranking personnel in party and government, and the approaching challenge of the year-end elections, as well as the sudden bursting forth of the democracy movement in mainland China, the convening of the plenum has its timeliness and significance.
從表面上看，第十三屆二中全會似是例行性會議；但是，面對瞬息萬變的國內外局勢，執政黨內高階層人事的更動，年底公職人員選舉的挑戰，加上目前大陸民主運動的澎湃洶湧，此次全會的召開，自有其劃時代的實質意義。