| Successive CPPCC National Committees | |||||||
| Term | Opening | Membership | Chairperson |
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| First | Sept. 1949 | 662 | Mao Zedong | ||||
| Second | Dec. 1954 | 559 | Zhou Enlai (Honorary Chairman: Mao Zedong) |
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| Third | Apr. 1959 | 1,071 | Zhou Enlai (Honorary Chairman: Mao Zedong) |
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| Fourth | Dec. 1964 | 1,199 | Zhou Enlai (Honorary Chairman: Mao Zedong) |
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| Fifth | Feb. 1978 | 1,988 | Deng Xiaoping | ||||
| Sixth | Jun. 1983 | 2,039 | Deng Yingchao (female) | ||||
| Seventh | Mar. 1988 | 2,081 | Li Xiannian | ||||
| Eighth | Mar. 1993 | 2,093 | Li Ruihuan | ||||
| Ninth | Mar. 1998 | 2,196 | Li Ruihuan | ||||
| 10th | Mar. 2003 | 2,238 | Jia Qinglin | ||||