On the second day after the conclusion of the First Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee, Hu Jintao stated at an enlarged meeting of the Military Commission that Xi Jinping was a qualified General Secretary and Chairman of the Military Commission. Xi Jinping, in turn, highly praised Hu Jintao for voluntarily stepping down as Chairman of the Military Commission, marking the official completion of the power transition.
The First Plenary Session of the 18th CCP Central Committee has concluded. Xi Jinping, Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli have become the new members of the Politburo Standing Committee. Among them, Li Keqiang is the only representative of the Hu Jintao faction, while the Jiang Zemin faction holds the majority.
The New York Times published a world-shaking investigative report revealing that relatives of Wen Jiabao's family secretly controlled assets worth approximately USD 2.7 billion.
On the eve of the 18th National Congress, retired party elders expressed strong opposition to Wang Yang and Li Yuanchao, ultimately blocking both from the Standing Committee, which allowed the Jiang Zemin faction to hold a majority of seats at the Standing Committee level.
Following Ling Plan's departure, Li Zhanshu officially assumed office as the Director of the CCP Central Committee Office on September 1, 2012, stepping into the core power circle of the General Office in advance.
Apple Daily reported that Li Zhanshu's daughter, Li Qianxin, was already serving as Vice President of CITIC Capital in her twenties, and cited Li Zhanshu's poetry as evidence.
时任贵州省委书记栗战书离开贵州，随后进京任职，并于同年9月接掌中央办公厅。
Bloomberg publishes an investigative report revealing that relatives of Xi Jinping control $376 million in assets, kicking off the high-level political power struggle on the eve of the 18th National Congress.
Jing Junhai took office as the head of the Publicity Department of the Shaanxi Provincial Party Committee, and subsequently, with the support of Zhao Leji, led the whole process and initiated the large-scale expansion of Xi Zhongxun's mausoleum.
谌贻琴离开宣传系统，出任贵州省政府常务副省长，分管发改、能源、税务、统计、物价及重大工程、重点项目。
In the early morning of March 18, 2012, Ling Gu, the only son of Ling Jihua, died in a Ferrari crash near the Baofusi Bridge on Beijing's North Fourth Ring Road. Two young women in the car were severely injured, triggering high-level political maneuvering and intensive news censorship.
On March 14, 2012, Wen Jiabao delivered a speech at the Two Sessions Chinese and foreign press conference, emphasizing that without political structural reform, economic structural reform cannot succeed, and warning that the tragedy of the Cultural Revolution could happen again.
On March 15, 2012, Bo Xilai was dismissed from his post as secretary of the Chongqing Municipal Committee of the CCP, and three days later Ling Gu died in a car accident in Beijing. These two incidents became critical turning points in the restructuring of the top leadership power structure of the Chinese Communist Party on the eve of the 18th National Congress.
In the spring of 2012, the son of Ling Jihua was involved in a Ferrari crash. The cover-up and aftermath surrounding the accident quickly escalated into a political scandal, causing Ling Jihua to lose his chance to enter the Politburo before the 18th National Congress and leading to his removal from the General Office of the CCP Central Committee.
Wang Lijun, disguised, fled and broke into the US Consulate in Chengdu, marking the collapse of Bo Xilai's political empire.
On the eve of the 18th National Congress power transition and around the downfall of Bo Xilai, The New York Times published an investigative report revealing that Wen Jiabao's family controlled $2.7 billion in hidden wealth.
Hong Kong police carried out operations at twenty‑one locations in Yuen Long, arresting over a hundred people. The investigations covered illegal gambling, prostitution venues, illegal fuel and money laundering, involving funds amounting to hundreds of millions of Hong Kong dollars. Among those taken away were prominent figures such as Guo Yonghong of Shenghe, as well as Deng Lidong, chairman of the Xiacun Township Committee, and Zeng Shuhe, chairman of the Pingshan Township Committee.
罗慧娟于2012年因病去世，视频称周星驰得知消息后几近崩溃，并一度从公众视野中消失。
华为成立花粉俱乐部，设置等级、积分和花瓣，提供内测、同城活动、校园活动及新品奖品等安排。
Bloomberg disclosed changes in the asset of the property above Shenzhen Dongmen Old Street subway station based on business registration information.
After disappearing from the music scene for ten years following the Yuanhua case, Yang Yuying made a high-profile comeback in 2012.
Sun Wen started as the Director of Asian Affairs for New York State in 2012, later promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff of New York State, and was bought off by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) during that period.