21-28 Domestic Notarial Documents by Type (1997)
Item	1996		1997
	Number of Notarial Documents Issued (pieces)	Percentage	Number of Notarial Documents Issued (pieces)	Percentage
Notarized Documents on Economic Affairs
Total Documents	3216142	100.00	3479341	100.00
Purchases and Sales of Products	55908	1.74	103102	2.96
Joint Business	12837	0.40	17347	0.50
Auctions	75526	2.35	30846	0.89
Loans	501681	15.60	538056	15.46
Guarantees	68279	2.12	59047	1.70
Bidding	28399	0.88	32122	0.92
Scientific and Technological Contracts	3229	0.10	40616	1.17
Supply and Use of Electric Power	23399	0.73	69100	1.99
Labor Contracts	339539	10.56	298813	8.59
Construction Project Contracts	23011	0.72	24939	0.72
Industrial and Commercial Service Contracts	36976	1.15	46474	1.34
Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Sideline Production and Fishery Contracts	271497	8.44	479117	13.77
Township Enterprise Contracts	14174	0.44	16489	0.47
Property Leases	40751	1.27	36684	1.05
Leases of Enterprise	11368	0.35	12109	0.35
Asset Business Contracts	7733	0.24	5259	0.15
Payment Contracts			36239	1.04
Selling or Transfer of Right of Land Utilization			31249	0.90
Other Business Contracts	346937	10.79	678122	19.49
Legal Person (agent) Identification	25452	0.79	15818	0.45
Legal Person Trust Deeds	28653	0.89	20105	0.58
Corporation Constitutions	3325	0.10	2187	0.06
Operating Permits	4742	0.15	14857	0.43
Consignation	1725	0.05	5187	0.15
Mortgage Registration			34085	0.98
Minutes of Corporation Meetings			13004	0.37
Others	1291001	40.14	818368	23.52
Notarized Documents on Civil Legal Relations
Total	3002692	100.00	4520225	100.00
Child Adoption	26745	0.89	21375	0.47
Adoption Renouncements	1639	0.05	3233	0.07
Rights of Inheritance	44715	1.49	68232	1.51
Testaments	27895	0.93	33750	0.75
Property Rights	84873	2.83	55388	1.23
Kinship Confirmation	15724	0.52	18364	0.41
Death Certificates	7876	0.26	6718	0.15
Purchases and Sales of Houses	231537	7.71	322660	7.14
House Leases	61525	2.05	41997	0.93
Foreign Study Contracts	5711	0.19	9138	0.20
Donations and Family Fostering	8085	0.27	6761	0.15
Trust Deeds	40824	1.36	44855	0.99
Presentation Documents	56794	1.89	63685	1.41
Declarations	67532	2.25	66613	1.47
Field Supervision	118934	3.96	120618	2.67
Confirmation of Signatures and Seals			23650	0.52
Confirmation of Copies and Photo-Offset Copies to Originals	13011	0.43	9532	0.21
Rights to Housing Site	53782	1.79	87917	1.94
Evidence Preservation	7423	0.25	8927	0.20
Housing Demolition Agreements			129995	2.88
Family Planning			837063	18.52
Agreements on Supporting Parents			44326	0.98
Partnership Agreements			5190	0.11
Property Agreements Between Spouses			144611	3.20
Other Civil Agreements			564256	12.48
Others	1646929	54.85	1781371	39.41