In different regions of China, the purchase price for solar photovoltaic power is about 0.9 yuan to 1 yuan per kilowatt-hour, higher than the cost of coal power over the same period, and a commitment is made to continue purchasing at this preferential price for 20 years.
In 2013, a high-frequency trading system at a London venue produced a large number of spoofed orders that never executed; the relevant orders were flagged as market data anomalies and triggered a market flash crash.
Xi Jinping came to power in 2013.
Wang Ning was formerly Deputy Chief of the General Staff; after Xi Jinping took office in 2013, he promoted him to the position of Commander of the People's Armed Police.
Wen Jiabao stepped down from the office of Premier of the State Council, ending his term as premier.
Jing Tian went on to appear in Special Identity, starring Donnie Yen, as well as Jackie Chan's Police Story 2013, further consolidating her connections in the film and television industry.
Justin Sun joined blockchain company Ripple Labs as chief representative for Greater China.
According to a friend of Pan Shiyi, after the internet management meeting requested attendees to post less critical content, Ren Zhiqiang immediately retorted by asking if it was wrong to speak up when one is in the right.
The fact that Zhang Yimou and Chen Ting had three children in violation of the birth policy was publicly exposed, after which the Binhu District Family Planning Bureau of Wuxi City collected more than 7.48 million yuan in social maintenance fees from them.
“Songs and Smiles” was placed at the very end as the closing number of the 2013 CCTV Children’s Day Gala.
In an interview with People magazine, Ren Zhiqiang talked about Pan Shiyi's Bahá'í faith and said that he believes in the Chinese Communist Party, and that the two can still be friends.
Qi Qiaoqiao, the elder sister of Xi Jinping, and her husband Deng Jiagui sold their 50% stake in a Beijing investment company to a company founded by Xiao Jianhua, removing their names from the assets.
According to business registration records, the Houde Qianhai Fund was established in 2013, with Foresea Life Insurance (then known as Life Insurance) contributing 9 billion yuan, accounting for 89.5%.
In 2013, while Iran was under international sanctions, Huawei smuggled equipment through Xintong, a shell company in Iran, whose employees used Huawei email addresses and ID badges. Meng Wanzhou later confessed to this matter in exchange for an agreement not to be prosecuted.
Guangzhou media reportedly reported that Stephen Chow failed to attend full sessions during his four years as a CPPCC member and submitted no proposals.
In 2013, Zhejiang lawyer Wu Youshui applied for information disclosure, revealing that China's total fines for exceeding birth quotas in 2012 amounted to about 30 billion yuan; scholars estimate that over more than 30 years of enforcing the one-child policy, total fines reached 1.5 to 2 trillion yuan, and local governments have never disclosed where the money went.
Cai Fuchao served as the Director of the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film and Television from 2013 to 2016.
In 2013, a mainland fashion blogger revealed that a certain Taiwanese celebrity's female assistant acted like a diva, demanding that people kneel to greet the star's entrance and falsely claiming flight ticket expenses, among other things. Netizens identified the celebrity as Kevin Tsai, who responded that if it was a misunderstanding, he was willing to apologize in person.
Chongqing official Lei Zhengfu was dismissed within 63 hours after an explicit video was exposed, triggering a subsequent series of cases involving officials being blackmailed via bedside hidden cameras.
On the second day after the conclusion of the First Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, Hu Jintao stated at an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission that Xi Jinping was a qualified General Secretary and Chairman of the Military Commission. Xi Jinping, in turn, highly praised Hu Jintao for voluntarily stepping down as Chairman of the Military Commission, marking the official completion of the power transition.
The First Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee has concluded. Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli have become the new members of the Politburo Standing Committee. Among them, Li Keqiang is the only representative of the Hu Jintao faction, while the Jiang Zemin faction holds the majority.
After the First Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee on November 15, 2012, Hu Jintao stepped down as General Secretary and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, with Xi Jinping succeeding him, becoming the first non-serving-for-life top leader to hand over all of his power in one go.
On November 15, 2012, the First Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party elected Xi Jinping as General Secretary of the Central Committee and Chairman of the Central Military Commission.
The New York Times published a world-shaking investigative report revealing that relatives of Wen Jiabao's family secretly controlled assets worth approximately USD 2.7 billion.
On the eve of the 18th National Congress, retired party elders expressed strong opposition to Wang Yang and Li Yuanchao, ultimately blocking both from the Standing Committee, which allowed the Jiang Zemin faction to hold a majority of seats at the Standing Committee level.
Apple Daily reported that Li Zhanshu's daughter, Li Qianxin, was already serving as Vice President of CITIC Capital in her twenties, and cited Li Zhanshu's poetry as evidence.
Following Ling Plan's departure, Li Zhanshu officially assumed office as the Director of the CCP Central Committee Office on September 1, 2012, stepping into the core power circle of the General Office in advance.
After Li Zhanshu took over as director of the General Office of the CCP Central Committee in 2012, he defined the office as a "political organ," transferring and demoting in batches the cronies installed by Ling Jihua on the basis of political loyalty, and remade the General Office into an institution answerable only to Xi Jinping.
In the early hours of August 26, 2012, on the Baomao Expressway in Ansai County, Yan'an, Shaanxi, a double-decker sleeper bus rear-ended a methanol tanker and caught fire, killing 36 people and injuring 3.
On August 7, 2012, in the men's 110 metres hurdles heats at the London Olympics, Liu Xiang fell at the first hurdle. He was diagnosed after the race with a ruptured Achilles tendon and never competed in an official event again.
Toutiao, founded by ByteDance, released its first version in August 2012, using a data-mining recommendation engine to recommend news to individuals based on their behavior.
Then-Guizhou Provincial Party Secretary Li Zhanshu left Guizhou, subsequently took up a post in Beijing, and that same September took over the CCP Central Committee General Office.
Bai Yansong invited scholars on the program News 1+1 to discuss the delayed retirement policy then under study by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, sparking public debate over pension fairness and youth employment.
Bloomberg publishes an investigative report revealing that relatives of Xi Jinping control $376 million in assets, kicking off the high-level political power struggle on the eve of the 18th National Congress.
Jing Junhai took office as the head of the Publicity Department of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, and subsequently, with the support of Zhao Leji, led the whole process and initiated the large-scale expansion of Xi Zhongxun's mausoleum.
Chen Yiqin left the propaganda system and took office as executive vice governor of the Guizhou Provincial Government, overseeing development and reform, energy, taxation, statistics, price control, as well as major engineering projects and key initiatives.
On April 4, 2012, Qingming, more than ten petitioners went to Yang Jia's grave in Beijing to pay their respects. The area around the grave was swarming with police, and surveillance cameras had been installed. Five petitioners, including Mao Hengfeng, were taken away by police as soon as they arrived at the grave.
In the early morning of March 18, 2012, Ling Gu, the only son of Ling Jihua, died in a Ferrari crash near the Baofusi Bridge on Beijing's North Fourth Ring Road. Two young women in the car were severely injured, triggering high-level political maneuvering and intensive news censorship.
On March 15, 2012, Bo Xilai was dismissed from his post as secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CCP, and three days later Ling Gu died in a car accident in Beijing. These two incidents became critical turning points in the restructuring of the top leadership power structure of the Chinese Communist Party on the eve of the 18th National Congress.
On March 14, 2012, Wen Jiabao delivered a speech at the Two Sessions Chinese and foreign press conference, emphasizing that without political structural reform, economic structural reform cannot succeed, and warning that the tragedy of the Cultural Revolution could happen again.
In the spring of 2012, the son of Ling Jihua was involved in a Ferrari crash. The cover-up and aftermath surrounding the accident quickly escalated into a political scandal, causing Ling Jihua to lose his chance to enter the Politburo before the 18th National Congress and leading to his removal from the General Office of the CCP Central Committee.
In March 2012, Wen Jiabao spoke about reform of the system of Party and state leadership at his final press conference as premier, warning that if political reform stalled, the gains of economic reform could be lost again and even a historical tragedy such as the Cultural Revolution could happen once more; the next day, Bo Xilai was removed from his post as Chongqing Party Secretary.
In March 2012, Gao Xiaosong's online video show Xiaoshuo went online; the first episode exceeded 1 million views within 24 hours, and the first season accumulated over 100 million views, transforming him from a musician into an online knowledge narrator.
Wang Lijun, disguised, fled and broke into the US Consulate in Chengdu, marking the collapse of Bo Xilai's political empire.
After the incident in February 2012 in which Wang Lijun entered the U.S. Consulate General in Chengdu, Huang Qifang claimed that it was he who persuaded Wang Lijun to walk out of the consulate, that the process of Wang being taken away by personnel from the state security system was "very peaceful," and he denied having any dispute with state security.
The sum of GDP figures reported by provinces and municipalities in 2012 was 57.66 trillion yuan, about 10% higher than the 51.93 trillion yuan calculated by the National Bureau of Statistics; the bureau said the difference was mainly due to double counting in the tiered accounting system and differences in raw data.
Xi Jinping became General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2012; online rumors claim that Xi Yuanping was thereby regarded as a “prince” and that capital accelerated its penetration into the entertainment industry, a claim for which no public reports provide confirmation.
Hong Kong police carried out operations at twenty‑one locations in Yuen Long, arresting over a hundred people. The investigations covered illegal gambling, prostitution venues, illegal fuel and money laundering, involving funds amounting to hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Among those taken away were prominent figures such as Guo Yonghong of Shenghe, as well as Deng Lidong, chairman of the Xiacun Township Committee, and Zeng Shuhe, chairman of the Pingshan Township Committee.
Lo Wai-kuen died of illness in 2012. The video claims that Stephen Chow nearly broke down upon hearing the news and at one point disappeared from public view.
Huawei established the Flower Fan Club, setting up levels, points and petals, and offering arrangements such as beta testing, same-city events, campus events and prizes for new products.