12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference

The 2,237 members in the 12th National Committee of CPPCC was composed of:^[1]

The 1st Session of the 12th CPPCC was held from March 3–12, 2013.^[2] It was announced on 2 March that the session period would be shortened to nine days, down from the ten days in the previous year.^[3] A preparatory meeting for the session was held on 2 March, presided by Jia Qinglin, the outgoing CPPCC chairman. The preparatory meeting approved the presidium of the session, the session's agenda and name list of the session's proposals examination committee.^[4] The presidium held a meeting later in the day, with Yu Zhengsheng presiding over the meeting assisted by several executive chairpersons.^[5]

The first plenary meeting of the 1st Session was held on 3 March, where Jia Qinglin delivered the work report of the Standing Committee of the 11th CPPCC National Committee.^[6] On 7 March, the second plenary meeting was held, where various members of the CPPCC gave speeches.^[7] On 8 March, the third plenary meeting was held.^[8]

The fourth plenary meeting was held on 11 March, during the meeting, Yu Zhengsheng was elected as the new chairman of the CPPCC, succeeding Jia Qinglin. Additionally, the vice chairpersons, the secretary-general and the members of the Standing Committee were elected.^[9] On 12 March, the 1st Session held its final meeting, where the work report were adopted. The session was presided by Wang Yang, who gave the closing address to the meeting.^[10]