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

The 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference was the meeting of the top political advisory body of the People's Republic of China. It convened in Beijing on 3 March 2013 and ended on 3 March 2018.

12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Emblem of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
3 March 2013 – 3 March 2018 Overview
Type	Advisory body
Leadership
Chairman	Yu Zhengsheng
Vice Chairmen	Du Qinglin, Ling Jihua, Han Qide, Pagbalha Geleg Namgyai, Tung Chee-hwa, Wan Gang, Lin Wenyi, Luo Fuhe, Edmund Ho, Zhang Qingli, Li Haifeng, Su Rong, Chen Yuan, Lu Zhangong, Zhou Xiaochuan, Wang Jiarui, Wang Zhengwei, Ma Biao, Qi Xuchun, Chen Xiaoguang, Ma Peihua, Liu Xiaofeng, Wang Qinmin, Leung Chun-ying
Secretary-General	Zhang Qingli
Standing Committee	299
Members
Total	2,237 members

Seat distribution

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

Seats for political parties (544 in total)

Major party		Seats
	Chinese Communist Party	99
Other Parties		Seats
	Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang	65
	China Democratic League	65
	China National Democratic Construction Association	65
	China Association for Promoting Democracy	45
	Chinese Peasants' and Workers' Democratic Party	45
	China Zhi Gong Party	30
	Jiusan Society	45
	Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League	20
	Independents	65

Seats for people's organizations (320 in total)

People's organization	Seats
Communist Youth League of China	9
All-China Federation of Trade Unions	63
All-China Women's Federation	67
All-China Youth Federation	30
All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce	65
China Association for Science and Technology	43
All-China Federation of Taiwan Compatriots	15
All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese	28

Seats for Sectoral representatives (1054 in total)

Sector	Seats
Literature and Arts	145
Science and Technology	112
Social Science	69
Economics	151
Agriculture	67
Education	108
Sports	21
Press and Publication	44
Medicine and Health	90
Friendship with Foreign Countries	41
Social Welfare and Social Security	36
Ethnic Minorities	103
Religions	67

Specially invited deputies (319 in total)

Hong Kong (124 in total)		Seats
	Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong	?
	Business and Professionals Alliance for Hong Kong	?
	Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions	?
	Liberal Party	?
	New Century Forum	?
	New Territories Association of Societies	?
	Independents	?
Macau (29 in total)		Seats
	Macau United Citizens Association	?
	Macau Business Interest Union	?
	Macau Union of Professional Interests	?
	Progress Promotion Union/General Union of the Macao Residents' Associations	?
	Union for Development/The Women's General Association of Macau	?
	Independents	?
Other		Seats
	Other (including People's Liberation Army and the People's Armed Police service personnel)	166

Organization

Special Committees

Special committee	Chairperson
Handling Proposals Committee	Sun Gan
Economic Affairs Committee	Zhou Bohua
Population, Resources and Environment Committee	Jia Zhibang
Education, Science, Culture, Health and Sports Committee	Zhang Yutai
Social and Legal Affairs Committee	Meng Xuenong
Ethnic and Religious Affairs Committee	Zhu Weiqun
Liaison with Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and Overseas Chinese Committee	Yang Chonghui Sun Huaishan Yang Yanyin
Foreign Affairs Committee	Pan Yunhe
History and Study Committee	Wang Taihua

The first session

The 1st Session of the 12th CPPCC was held from March 3–12, 2013. 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. 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. The presidium held a meeting later in the day, with Yu Zhengsheng presiding over the meeting assisted by several executive chairpersons.

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. On 7 March, the second plenary meeting was held, where various members of the CPPCC gave speeches. On 8 March, the third plenary meeting was held.

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. 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.