1/9Hu Jintao shakes hands with China's newly elected President and chairman of the Central Military Commission Xi Jinping during the fourth plenary meeting of the first session of the 12th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, March 14, 2013.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
2/9A delegate looks at a ballot during the fourth plenary meeting of the National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 14, 2013.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
3/9Delegates vote during the fourth plenary meeting of National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, March 14, 2013.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
4/9Chinese 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.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
5/9Delegates 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.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
6/9A member of military music band yawns while others listen to Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's speech at the annual National People's Congress at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, March 5, 2013.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
7/9A female Ethnic minority delegate walks from the Great Hall of the People after attending the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, March 5, 2013.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
8/9Delegates from Chinese People's Liberation Army line up on Tiananmen Square as they prepare to walk toward the Great Hall of the People for the opening session of the National People's Congress, March 5, 2013.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
9/9A delegate checks his mobile phone while officials' vehicles prepare to leave the Great Hall of the People after the opening session of the National People's Congress in Beijing, March 5, 2013.
Chinese Communist Party chief Xi Jinping took the official title of president at a meeting of the National People's Congress.
