The Third Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing in November 2013. The four-day plenum has offered an all-round blueprint of nation's reform in the next decade, marking another milestone to push forward development.

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With the election and appointment proceedings at the first session of the 12th National People's Congress completed, China's new state leadership takes shape with the president, top legislator, premier, cabinet ministers, senior military leaders and judicial leaders all installed.

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President Xi Jinping visited Russia, Tanzania, South Africa and the Republic of the Congo on March 22-30, and attended the fifth BRICS summit on March 26-27 in Durban, South Africa. This was his maiden foreign tour after he took office as Chinese president in 2013. The tour has promoted the overlap of the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation and the world's dream of pursuing prosperity.

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Premier Li Keqiang's visits to India, Pakistan, Switzerland and Germany in his maiden foreign tour featured trust, sincerity, benefit and progress. He wrapped up his first official visit abroad as Chinese premier with a clear and strong message to Europe: more cooperation, less protectionism.

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China established its first air defense identification zone in accordance with Chinese law and international practices to safeguard its sovereignty in November. The move allows early-warning time and helps China protect its sovereignty and territories, and guarantee regional air security.

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Bo Xilai, former secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and a former member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment for bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power, at the Jinan Intermediate People's Court in Jinan City, capital of east China's Shandong Province, Sept 22, 2013.

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