Delegates from across China have gathered in Beijing for a 13-day session of the National People's Congress that will complete China's once-a-decade leadership change.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao gives the work report at the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, March 5, 2013.

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Delegates press buttons to cast their approval for draft proposals during the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, March 5, 2013.

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The 12th Chinese National People's Congress opens its first plenary session in Beijing. (Dong Fang/VOA)

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Outgoing Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao shakes hands with his expected successor Vice Premier Li Keqiang at the opening session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People, March 5, 2013.