Number of Deputies to All the Previous Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferences
(person)
Item		First Congress		Second Congress		Third Congress		Fourth Congress		Fifth Congress		Sixth Congress		Seventh Congress		Eighth Congress		Ninth Congress
		(1954)		(1959)		(1964)		(1975)		(1978)		(1983)		(1988)		(1993)		(1998)
Total Number of		198		729		1071		1199		1988		2039		2083		2093		2196
Deputies
Deputies from the
Communist Party of China				40		60		61		76		76		90		91		92
As Percentage to Total				5.5		5.6		5.1		3.8		3.7		4.3		4.3		4.2
National Minorities
Deputies from		19		61		78		81		143		185		225		241		258
As Percentage to Total		9.6		8.4		7.3		6.8		7.2		9.1		10.8		11.5		11.7