17-36   Number of Deputies to all the Previous People's Political
Consultative Conferences of Xinjiang
	(1954)	(1959)	(1964)	(1978)	(1983)	(1988)	(1993)	(1998)	(2003)
Item	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth	Seventh	Eighth	Ninth
	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress	Congress
Total Number of All Deputies (person)	141	275	303	407	441	429	416	444	470
Deputies from the Communist Party of China	28	57	65	149	158	157	161	183	196
Percentage to Total(%)	19.9	20.7	21.5	36.6	35.8	36.6	38.7	41.2	41.7
Deputies from National Minorities(%)	121	196	205	221	253	245	204	246	246
Percentage to Total	85.8	71.3	67.7	54.3	57.4	57	49	55.4	52.3
Female Deputies	10	28	28	40	49	63	66	82	95
Percentage to Total(%)	7.1	10.2	9.2	9.8	11.1	14.7	15.9	18.5	20.2