The 13th Five Year Plan is not only the first five year plan devised by the current CPC since they took office but also an important platform to put the reform spirit of the third plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee into action.

Anbound's research team is of the view that if China is serious about economic transformation and structural adjustment, then the first and foremost transformation should be changing from the "government economy" to market economy and nurture more market oriented micro-economics in China to support the Chinese economy during the economic turmoil.