2013 National People's Congress Explained

Status:	inactive
Chinese:	第十二届全国人民代表大会第一次会议
Pinyin:	Dì-shíer Jiè Quánguó Rénmín Dàibiǎo Dàhuì Dì-yīcì Huìyì
Year:	2013
Session:	1st
#:	12th
Term-Begin:	5 March
Term-End:	16 March
Pz:	Hu Jintao
Pzterm:	15 March 2003
Pm:	Wen Jiabao
Pmterm:	16 March 2003
Ch:	Wu Bangguo
Chterm:	15 March 2003
Pze:	Xi Jinping
Cheterm:	14 March 2013
Pme:	Li Keqiang
Pmeterm:	15 March 2013
Pzeterm:	14 March 2013
Che:	Zhang Dejiang
Website:	2013 NPC official website
Lastyear:	2012
Nextyear:	2014

The 2013 National People's Congress (formally, the 1st 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^[1] This was the Session in which major state positions were elected.

The session

Government Work Report

Below are the key points of the country's achievements in the past five years, from Premier Wen Jiabao's work report:^[2]

• Effectively countered the severe impact of the financial crisis of 2007–2008 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

Voting results

See main article: List of voting results of the National People's Congress.

State positions

NPCSC Chairman Election				NPCSC Secretary-general Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Zhang Dejiang	2,952	5	4	Wang Chen	2,923	30	7
				Zhang Ping	1	0	0
Presidential Election				Vice Presidential Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
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
CMC Chairmanship Election				Premierial Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
Xi Jinping	2,955	1	3	Li Keqiang	2,940	3	6
Supreme Court President Election				Procurator-general Election
Candidates	For	Against	Abstain	Candidates	For	Against	Abstain
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

Resolutions

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%

Events

• Hangzhou mayor Shao Zhanwei died during the congress.

External links

• NPC Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: China's National People's Congress 2013. CBS News. 5 March 2013 .
2. Web site: Full Text: Report on the Work of the Government . chinadaily.com.cn . 2022-06-21.