However, in the martial law era, the Chiang family, in order to maintain the regime's power and the claim that it ruled all of China, allowed the first parliament elected in 1947 to have its term extended indefinitely, and even gave members added privileges, making the National Assembly a lifetime sinecure.
然而在戒嚴時期，蔣氏家族為了維護政權及維持「統治全中國」的象徵性法統，不僅允許第一屆國大代表可以無限期延任，還給予各項優渥待遇，讓國代成為令人垂涎的專任職。