 
 
 
| 23-2 Number of Deputies to All the Previous Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferences | ||||||
| (person) | ||||||
| Congress | ||||||
| As Percentage to Total Deputies (%) | ||||||
| Year | Total | Deputies from | Minority | |||
| Number of | the Communist | Deputies | Deputies from | Minority | ||
| Deputies | Party of China | the Communist | Deputies | |||
| 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 | 2003 | 2238 | 99 | 103 | 4.4 | 4.6 |