| Champ: |  Ekaterina Makarova Elena Vesnina |
| Runner: |  Nuria Llagostera Vives  Sania Mirza |
| Score: | 7–5, 7–5 |
| Before Name: | China Open – Women's doubles |
| After Name: | China Open – Women's doubles |
See main article: 2012 China Open (tennis). Květa Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik were the defending champions, but decided not to play together. Peschke partnered with Anna-Lena Grönefeld, but lost in the quarterfinals to Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova. Srebotnik played alongside Zheng Jie, but lost in the semifinals to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Sania Mirza.
Third seeds Ekaterina Makarova and Elena Vesnina won the title, defeating Llagostera Vives and Mirza in the final by the score of 7–5, 7–5.
The top four seeds received a bye into the second round.