Hey, have you guys heard what’s going on in China?
President Xijinping’s new style?
Yes! And there’s more.
The 十三五!
The what?
China’s 13th Five Year Plan? Yeah, the 十三五.
Every 5 years in China, man,
They make a new development plan!
The time has come for number 13.
The 十三五, that’s what it means!
It’s a huge deal!
Like, how huge?
Huge!
like, China huge?
Wow, that’s really big!
If you wanna know what China’s gonna do,
Best pay attention to the 十三五!
The 十三五！The 十三五！
The 十三 what? the 十三五！
But who makes all the plans?
There’s government ministers and think tank minds,
And party leadership contributing finds.
There’s doctors, bankers, farmer, too,
And even engineers who deal with poo!
Eww. Umm did I hear that right?
Yeah. it’s true!
(Chorus)
If you wanna know what China’s gonna do,
Best pay attention to the 十三五!
The 十三五！The 十三五！
The 十三 what? the 十三五！
But how do they make all the plans?
First there’s research, views collected,
Then discussion and views projected,
Reports get written and passed along.
Then there’s actually more research
And more discussion…
And more research…
And more discussion…
Like, at every level!
Over and over
Through hundreds of rounds!
Okay! We got it! Hundreds of rounds!
Oh my god!
Crazy, right?
ok one two three
(Chorus)
If you wanna know what China’s gonna do,
Best pay attention to the 十三五!
The 十三五！The 十三五！
The 十三 what? the 十三五！
but that’s not over yet!
When the plans come out, the works’s not done.
In fact, it’s really just begun!
Because every province, county, city, too,
Have gotta to figure out what they’re gonna do.
that’s a lot to do, I know! Let's chorus again!
If you wanna know what China’s gonna do,
Best pay attention to the 十三五!
The 十三五！The 十三五！
The 十三 what? the 十三五！
Then the plans keeping getting even better!
As the plan goes from high to low,
The government’s experience continues to grow,
They have to work hard and deliberate,
Because a billion of lives are all at stake!
Like every Zhao, Qian, Sun, Li, Zhou, Wu, Zheng, Wang
Feng,Qian, Chou, Wei,Jiang, Shen, … [Chinese surnames
(Chorus)
If you wanna know what China’s gonna do,
Best pay attention to the 十三五!
The 十三五！The 十三五！
everybody talks about the 十三五！
So that’s it? That’s it!
Now it’s time to get ready for the 14th Five Year Plan?
What? yah？ The 十四五
The 十四五 what?