| Successive CPPCC National Committees | |||
| Term | Opening | Membership | Chairperson |
| First | Sep. 1949 | 180 | Mao Zedong |
| Second | Dec. 1954 | 559 | Zhou Enlai (Honorary Chairman: Mao Zedong) |
| Third | Apr. 1959 | 1,071 | Zhou Enlai (Honorary Chairman: Mao Zedong) |
| Fourth | Dec. 1964 | 1,199 | Zhou Enlai (Honorary Chairman: Mao Zedong) |
| Fifth | Feb. 1978 | 1,988 | Deng Xiaoping |
| Sixth | June 1983 | 2,039 | Deng Yingchao (female) |
| Seventh | Mar. 1988 | 2,081 | Li Xiannian |
| Eighth | Mar. 1993 | 2,093 | Li Ruihuan |
| Ninth | Mar. 1998 | 2,196 | Li Ruihuan |
| 10th | Mar. 2003 | 2,238 | Jia Qinglin |