| Number of Members of the Previous CPPCC National Committees | ||||||||||
| (person) | ||||||||||
| Item | First (1949) |
Second (1954) |
Third (1959) |
Fourth (1964) |
Fifth (1978) |
Sixth (1983) |
Seventh (1988) |
Eighth (1993) |
Ninth (1998) |
Tenth (2002) |
| Total Number of Members | 198 | 729 | 1071 | 1199 | 1988 | 2039 | 2083 | 2093 | 2196 | 2238 |
| Of Which | ||||||||||
| Members from the Communist Party of China |
40 | 60 | 61 | 76 | 76 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 99 | |
| As Percentage to Total | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | |
| Of Which | ||||||||||
| Members From Ethnic Minorities |
19 | 61 | 78 | 81 | 143 | 185 | 225 | 241 | 258 | 103 |
| As Percentage to Total | 9.6 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 6.8 | 7.2 | 9.1 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 4.6 |