23-19 First Trial Cases by Courts
						(case)
Year	Cases	Criminal	Civil	Economic	Administrative	Maritime Law
	Accepted			Disputes		and Affairs
1978	447755	146968	300787
1979	513789	123846	389943
1980	763535	197856	565679
1981	906051	232125	673926
1982	1024160	245219	778941
1983	1343164	542648	756436	43553	527
1984	1355460	431357	838307	84813	983
1985	1319741	246655	846391	225541	916	238
1986	1611282	299720	989409	321220	632	301
1987	1875229	289614	1213219	366110	5940	346
1988	2290624	313306	1455130	513046	8573	569
1989	2913515	392564	1815385	694907	9934	725
1990	2916774	459656	1851897	591462	13006	753
1991	2901685	427840	1880635	566592	25667	951
1992	3051157	422991	1948786	650601	27125	1654
1993	3414845	403267	2089257	892580	27911	1830
1994	3955475	482927	2383764	1051742	35083	1959
1995	4545676	495741	2718533	1275959	52596	2847
1996	5312580	618826	3093995	1515848	79966	3945
1997	5288379	436894	3277572	1478822	90557	4534
1998	5410798	482164	3375069	1450049	98350	5166
1999	5692434	540008	3519244	1529877	97569	5736
2000	5356294	560432	3412259	1290867	85760	6976
2001	5344934	628996	3459025	1149101	100921	6891
2002	5132199	631348	4420123		80728
2003	5130760	632605	4410236		87919
a) First trial cases refer to cases accepted by people's courts according to the first trial proceedings.