In 2013 the Congress approved some important reform packages proposed by the Peña Nieto government. The divergence on the reform resulted fierce struggles among three main political parties. The country was still in an economic downturn in 2013. The annual GDP growth rate only reached 1.3%，a new low since 2009. Public security was complicated as a result of the expansion of Michoacán militias. The Peña Nieto government took active and substantive actions to diversify external economic and trade links. It is noteworthy that the Chinese-Mexican relations were highly boosted.