Promoting the rule of law, a main theme of the key meeting of the Party, also known as the Fourth Plenum, will further unleash the potential of the economy and help ensure sustainable and relatively fast growth, experts said on Monday.

The four-day meeting, which opened on Monday in Beijing, came as top policymakers seek a balance between maintaining growth and launching reforms, amid concerns that the Chinese economy will substantially slow down in the coming years.

It is also being widely watched because it is the first time the Party has made the rule of law the central theme of a plenary session of its central committee.