Wen Jiabao was elected as Standing Committee member of the 16th Political Bureau of the 16th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Nov. 15, 2002. (Xinhua File Photo)
Then-newly elected Premier Wen Jiabao meets the press at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 18, 2003. (Xinhua File Photo)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visits You'an Hospital in Beijing to express gratitude and appreciation for medical workers involved in treating severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) patients on behalf of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee and State Council, April 12, 2003. (Xinhua File Photo)
Wen Jiabao visits low-income families on Chinese New Year's eve in Zhengzhou, Central China's Henan Province on January 20, 2004. (Xinhua File Photo)
Premier Wen inspects the the State Power Distribution Center, July 27, 2004.(Xinhua File Photo)
Wen Jiabao comforts a boy whose father died in a mine accident in Northwest China's Shaanxi Province on January 2, 2005.(Xinhua File Photo)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, with a red scarf -- symbol of the official children's organization the Young Pioneers -- around his neck, salutes back as a student presents him a gift during his visit to Shijia Elementary School in Beijing May 31, 2006 to mark the coming Children's day. (Xinhua File Photo)
Wen Jiabao holds a baby at an orphanage in Daqing, Northeast China's Heilongjiang Province on August 11, 2006. (Xinhua File Photo)
Wen Jiabao shakes hands with flood victims in Wangjiaba, East China's Anhui Province on July 13, 2007.(Xinhua File Photo)
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (L) speaks by a loudspeaker to the stranded passengers at the Railway Station of Changsha in Central China's Hunan Province on Jan. 29, 2008. (Xinhua File Photo)