Two training courses, sponsored by China's Ministry of Commerce and hosted by the DRC’s Institute of Public Administration and Human Resources, concluded in Beijing earlier this year.

The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) held its 7th academic seminar of this year in Beijing on June 5, which focused the development and growth prospects of China's automobile market.

The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) held its 6th academic forum of the year in Beijing on May 29, 2013, which focused on economic growth and development mechanisms and attracted more than 30 officials and researchers from the DRC.

The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) and Japan's Nomura Foundation held a seminar in Xiamen, Fujian province, on May 25, to discuss the role securities business plays in the process of China’s economic development.

A seminar to mark the beginning of research on the development of China's logistics system for agricultural produce was held in Beijing on May 21.

Li Wei, minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), met with Jean Pisani-Ferry, commissioner general of the French Economic Policy Planning (CGSP), and Sylvie-Agnès Bermann, France's ambassador to China, in Beijing on May 21.

The Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC) held an academic forum in Beijing on May 8, 2013.