22-2    Number of Deputies to All the Previous Chinese People's
Political Consultative Conferences
                (person)
  First Second Third Fourth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth
Item Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress Congress
  (1954) (1959) (1964) (1975) (1978) (1983) (1988) (1993) (1998)
                   
  Total Number of       198 729 1071 1199 1988 2039 2083 2093 2196
    Deputies                                                                                    
  Of Which                                                                        
    Deputies from the             40 60 61 76 76 90 91 92
       Communist Party of                  
       China                  
      As Percentage to Total         5.5 5.6 5.1 3.8 3.7 4.3 4.3 4.2
  Of Which
      Deputies from         19 61 78 81 143 185 225 241 258
        National Minorities                   
      As Percentage to Total 9.6 8.4 7.3 6.8 7.2 9.1 10.8 11.5 11.7