Session

Time

Location

Number of Delegates

Party Membership

1st

Jul. 23-31, 1921

Shanghai, Jiaxing

13

More than 50

2nd

Jul. 16-23, 1922

Shanghai

12

195

3rd

Jun. 12-20, 1923

Guangzhou

Almost 40

420

4th

Jan. 11-22, 1925

Shanghai

20

994

5th

Apr. 27-May 9, 1927

Wuhan

82

57,967

6th

Jun. 18-Jul. 11,?1928

Moscow

142

More than 10,000

7th

Apr. 23-Jun. 11,?1945

Yan’an

755

1.21 million

8th

Sep. 15-27,?1956

Beijing

1,026

10.73 million

9th

Apr. 1-24,?1969

Beijing

1,512

22 million

10th

Aug. 24-28,?1973

Beijing

1,249

28 million

11th

Aug. 12-18, 1977

Beijing

1,510

35 million

12th

Sep. 1-11, 1982

Beijing

1,545

More than 39.65 million

13th

Oct. 25-Nov. 1, 1987

Beijing

1,936

More than 46 million

14th

Oct. 12-18, 1992

Beijing

2,000

More than 51 million

15th

Sep. 12-18, 1997

Beijing

2,074

More than 59 million

16th

Nov. 8-14, 2002

Beijing

2,120

More than 66 million

17th

Oct. 15-21, 2007

Beijing

2,213

More than 73 million