The number of Communist Party of China (CPC) members has reached 73.36 million, an increase of 6.42 million over 2002, according to the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee.

By June this year, there were about 3.6 million grass-roots CPC organizations, up 142,000 over 2002 when the 16th CPC national congress was held, the department said.

(Xinhua News Agency October 8, 2007)