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First session of the 12th National People's Congress

The first session of the 12th National People's Congress held its annual meeting in March 2013 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The session opened 5 March and concluded on 16 March, 2013 This was the Session in which major state positions were elected.

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The first session of the 12th National People's Congress held its annual meeting in March 2013 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. The session opened 5 March and concluded on 16 March, 2013 This was the Session in which major state positions were elected.

Below are the key points of the country's achievements in the past five years, from Premier Wen Jiabao's work report:

Effectively countered the severe impact of the 2008 financial crisis and maintained steady and fast economic development.
China's GDP increased from 26.6 trillion yuan to 51.9 trillion yuan, and now ranks second in the world.
Government revenue went up from 5.1 trillion yuan to 11.7 trillion yuan.
A total of 58.7 million urban jobs were created.
The per capita disposable income of urban residents rose by an annual average of 8.8%, and the per capita net income of rural residents rose by 9.9%.
Rice production in China increased for the ninth consecutive year in 2012.
Progress was made in key areas of reform; and the open economy reached a new stage of development.
Made China more innovative. Breakthroughs were made in developing human spaceflight and the lunar exploration program, building a crewed deep-sea submersible, launching the Beidou Navigation Satellite System, developing supercomputers and building high-speed railways. China's first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, was commissioned.
Successfully hosted the Games of the XXIX Olympiad and the XIII Paralympic Games in Beijing and the World Expo in Shanghai.
Successfully mitigated the impact of the massive Wenchuan earthquake, the strong Yushu earthquake, the huge Zhugqu mudslide and other natural disasters and carried out post-disaster recovery and reconstruction.
China's productive forces and overall national strength, its living standards and social security, and its international status and influence all improved significantly.
Successfully completed the Eleventh Five-Year Plan and got off to a good start in implementing the Twelfth Five-Year Plan.
Made significant socialist economic, political, cultural, social, and ecological progress, and wrote a new chapter in building socialism with Chinese characteristics

NPCSC Chairman Election	NPCSC Secretary-general Election
Zhang Dejiang	2,952	5	4	Wang Chen	2,923	30	7
Zhang Ping	1	0	0

Xi Jinping	2,952	1	3	Li Yuanchao	2,839	80	37
Liu Yunshan	2	0	0
Li Hongzhong	1	0	0
Wang Yang	1	0	0
Yuan Chunqing	1	0	0
Pan Yiyang	1	0	0

Xi Jinping	2,955	1	3	Li Keqiang	2,940	3	6

Zhou Qiang	2908	26	23	Cao Jianming	2,933	18	5
Wu Aiying	2	0	0
Wang Shengjun	1	0	0	Chen Yunlong	1	0	0
Qi Qi	1	0	0	Cai Xueen	1	0	0

Topic	For	Against	Abstain	Rate
Premier Wen Jiabao's Government Work Report	2,799	101	44	95.07%
State Council Institutional Reform Plan	2,875	56	26	97.23%
Report on the Implementation of the 2012 National Economic and Social Development Plan and the 2013 Draft Plan	2,665	221	60	90.46%
Report on the Execution of the Central and Local Budgets for 2012 and on the Draft Central and Local Budgets for 2013	2,307	509	127	78.39%
Chairman Wu Bangguo's NPCSC Work Report	2,733	150	61	92.83%
Chief Justice Wang Shengjun's Supreme People's Court Work Report	2,218	605	120	75.37%
Procurator-General Cao Jianming's Supreme People's Procuratorate Work Report	2,239	485	121	76.03%

Hangzhou mayor Shao Zhanwei died during the congress.
NPC Official Website Archived 2006-04-06 at the Wayback Machine

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