Party members hit 98m after Congress

The Communist Party of China's membership rose to 98.04 million at the end of last year, as more people applied for membership after the Party convened its 20th National Congress last year, the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee said on Friday.

Apart from the increasing attractiveness of CPC membership, the composition of Party membership has also improved with higher levels of education and steady growth in the proportion of female members and those from ethnic groups other than Han.

The number of Party members increased by nearly 1.33 million, or 1.4 percent, from 2021, according to figures released by the department ahead of the 102nd anniversary of the CPC on July 1.