China 'third plenum' meeting, ADB economic outlook, Indonesia Auto Show

Welcome to Your Week in Asia.

The world will give attention to China's key meeting known as the third plenum, which takes place from Monday through Thursday. China is also scheduled to announce gross domestic product data for the April-June quarter and other statistics.

In Southeast Asia, the International Auto Show will start on Thursday in Indonesia, where Japanese car makers dominate the market. The Asian Development Bank will release its latest economic assessment.

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MONDAY

China's long-awaited third plenum

Hundreds of Chinese Communist Party Central Committee members will gather for a closely watched meeting known as the third plenum. The four-day event will offer a window on how Beijing plans to address the country's persistent property crisis, weak consumer demand and fading growth prospects. This particular meeting has a history of launching major economic initiatives -- including Deng Xiaoping's "reform and opening up" in 1978 -- but many analysts are tempering expectations.

Chinese GDP and other statistics

China is scheduled to release its GDP growth rate for the second quarter and a host of other data, providing an indication of how the economy is progressing toward the official growth target of "around 5%" for 2024.

U.S. Republican National Convention

The U.S. Republican Party opens its convention, where former President Donald Trump is set to be formally nominated as the party's candidate for the Nov. 5 election. The event, which runs through Thursday in Milwaukee, comes days after Trump was injured in a shooting at a campaign rally and as incumbent Joe Biden faces doubts about his fitness to run.

TUESDAY

Pacific Islands