22-4    Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation
Item	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices	8441	8946	9144	9541	10225
Number of Lawyers           (persons)	98902	101220	111433	117260	122585
Full-time Lawyers         (persons)	47574	51008	61761	69117	76558
Part-time Lawyers         (persons)	18695	17958	17082	15639	13699
Number of Units with Permanent
Legal Advisors	232434	235676	238576	247160	254758
Agent of Civil Cases          (cases)	454273	526633	592455	640610	667232
Agent of Economic Cases       (cases)	403337	414229	426358	438672	402669
Defender of Criminal Cases    (cases)	275188	296668	309767	317108	339549
Agent of Administrative Action(cases)	29618	35865	39006	41785	43800
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal  Affairs	1222239	851433	716287	770087	1162715
(cases)
Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,	24765	21618	18793	30531	10609
Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (cases)
Agent of Legal Advisory Services	425.9	489.9	419.2	457.4	403.4
(10 000 cases)
Agent of Legal Documents Written on	95.9	125.9	96.6	111.3	113.9
Behalf of Clients     (10 000 cases)
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices	3162	3179	3189	3189	3186
Notarial Personnel          (persons)	17431	18159	18654	19211	19303
Notaries                  (persons)	11749	13006	13083	12849	12931
Assistant Notaries        (persons)	1741	1428	1584	2103	1995
Number of Notarized Documents	982.8	1022.9	1644.6	1249.7	1007.2
(10 000 cases)
Number of People's Mediation
Number of Full-time Judicial	57029	52875	54987	54638	48682
Assistants                 (persons)
Number of People's Mediation Commit-	98.5	98.4	97.4	96.4	92.3
tees                  (10 000 units)
Number of Mediators  (10 000 persons)	1027.4	917.5	880.3	844.5	779.3
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated	554.3	526.7	518.9	503.1	486.1
(10 000 cases)