Full text: Report on China's economic, social development plan

BEIJING, March 19 (Xinhua) -- Following is the full text of the Report on the Implementation of the 2012 Plan for National Economic and Social Development and on the 2013 Draft Plan for National Economic and Social Development, which was submitted on March 5, 2013 for review at the First Session of the 12th National People's Congress and was adopted on March 17.

REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2012 PLAN FOR NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND ON THE 2013 DRAFT PLAN FOR NATIONAL ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

First Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress March 5, 2013 National Development and Reform Commission

Fellow Deputies,

The National Development and Reform Commission has been entrusted by the State Council to submit this report on the implementation of the 2012 plan and on the 2013 draft plan for national economic and social development to the First Session of the Twelfth National People's Congress (NPC) for your deliberation and approval and for comments and suggestions from members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

I. Implementation of the 2012 Plan for National Economic and Social Development

Last year, in the face of severe and complicated economic situations abroad and arduous tasks of reform, development and stability at home, all localities and departments followed the decisions and plans of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council, and took developing in a scientific way as the underlying guideline and accelerating the change of the growth model as the major task. In accordance with the keynote of making progress while ensuring stability and based on the plan for national economic and social development adopted at the Fifth Session of the Eleventh NPC, we implemented the central leadership's macro-control policies and maintained a good momentum in China's economic and social development. Overall, we successfully implemented the plan for 2012.