23-2  Number of Deputies to All the Previous Chinese People's Political Consultative Conferences
	(person)
Congress	Year				As Percentage to Total Deputies (%)
		Total	Deputies from	Ethnic	Deputies from	Ethnic
		Number of	the Communist	Minority	the Communist	Minority
		Deputies	Party of China	Deputies	Party of China	Deputies
Sixth Congress	1983	2042	811	179	39.7	8.8
Seventh Congress	1988	2038	832	221	40.8	10.8
Eighth Congress	1993	2093	831	241	39.7	11.5
Ninth Congress	1998	2195	875	258	39.9	11.8
Tenth Congress	2003	2238	895	262	40.0	11.7
Eleventh Congress	2008	2237	892	250	39.9	11.2