Liu Shijin, vice-minister of the Development Research Center of the State Council (DRC), met with a delegation from the European People’s Party (EPP) of the European Parliament in Beijing on June 19.

It is themed "Capital Forum - Industrial Structural Transformation and Adjustment".

In 2012, DRC submitted to leaders of CPC Central Committee and the State Council (Chinese central government) a total of 572 policy research reports, 70 more than the previous year.

On January 24, 2013, the Think Tanks and Civil Societies Program of the University of Pennsylvania of the United States released the 2012 Global Think Tanks Rankings and associated trends report.

On May 25th, the opening ceremony of "Economic and Social Policy Consulting Program for Developing Countries" (ESPCP) was held in Beijing.

The Economic and Social Policy Consulting Program for Developing Countries (ESPCP) is a foreign aid project of Chinese government oriented towards developing countries.