23-2  Number of Deputies to All the Previous Chinese People'sPolitical Consultative Conferences
						(person)
Congress	Year				As Percentage to Total Deputies (%)
		Total	Deputies from	Minority	Deputies from	Minority
		Number of	the Communist	Deputies	the Communist	Deputies
		Deputies	Party of China		Party of China
First Congress	1954	198		19		9.6
Second Congress	1959	729	40	61	5.5	8.4
Third Congress	1964	1071	60	78	5.6	7.3
Fourth Congress	1975	1199	61	81	5.1	6.8
Fifth Congress	1978	1988	76	143	3.8	7.2
Sixth Congress	1983	2039	76	185	3.7	9.1
Seventh Congress	1988	2083	90	225	4.3	10.8
Eighth Congress	1993	2093	91	241	4.3	11.5
Ninth Congress	1998	2196	92	258	4.2	11.7
Tenth Congress	2002	2238	99	103	4.4	4.6