Chinese new leadership walk to attend opening session of NPC at Great Hall of People in Beijing

In this photo provided by China’s Xinhua News Agency, Chinese leaders, from left in front row, Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Jia Qinglin, Chairman of the National People’s Congress Wu Bangguo, President Hu Jintao, Communist Party General Secretary Xi Jinping, Premier Wen Jiabao and Vice Premier Li Keqiang, walk to the venue for the opening meeting of the first session of the National People’s Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Tuesday, March 5, 2013. China’s government pledged Tuesday to repair the ravaged environment and boost public services under its new leadership, an acknowledgment that the country’s quality of life was sidelined during the outgoing administration’s decade of breakneck economic growth. <AP Photo/Xinhua/NEWSis/Lan Hongguang>