In Pictures: Wen Jiabao's past decade as Premier (10)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (4th L, front) meets with villagers at a village in Kashgar, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, Sept. 4, 2012. Premier Wen has stressed during his inspection tour of Xinjiang from Sept. 3 to 5 that promoting leapfrog development in the area is key to its long-term stability. (Xinhua File Photo/Li Xueren)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R) is awarded the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)'s Agricola Medal by FAO's General Director Jose Graziano da Silva at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Oct. 2, 2012. (Xinhua File Photo/Xie Huanchi)

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L front) dances with pupils as he visits the Hongqi Elementary School which has been rebuilt after a devastating earthquake in 2010, in Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in northwest China's Qinghai Province, Dec. 31, 2012. Wen paid a visit in quake-hit Yushu before New Year's Day to inspect the reconstruction work and extend New Year's greetings to the people there. (Xinhua File Photo/Yao Dawei)