23-6  Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation
Item		1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices	(unit)	9144	9541	10225	10873	11593	11823
Number of Lawyers	(person)	111433	117260	122585	136684	142534	145196
Full-time Lawyers	(person)	61761	69117	76558	90012	99793	100875
Part-time Lawyers	(person)	17082	15639	13699	12186	6850	6966
Number of Units with Permanent
Legal Advisors	(unit)	238576	247160	254758	265362	271669	282361
Agent of Civil Cases	(case)	592455	640610	667232	767628	781452	853897
Agent of Economic Cases	(case)	426358	438672	402669	381146	405133	357326
Defender of Criminal Cases	(case)	309767	317108	339549	335267	324454	332688
Agent of Administrative Action             (case)		39006	41785	43800	43703	48115	50778
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal  Affairs		716287	770087	1162715	827057	876696	904516
	(case)
Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,		18793	30531	10609	26788	20622	37728
Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs            (case)
Agent of Legal Advisory Services		419.20	457.40	403.40	487.41	430.25	471.05
	(10 000 cases)
Agent of Legal Documents Written on		96.64	111.30	113.90	119.70	120.27	123.16
Behalf of Clients	(10 000 cases)
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices	(unit)	3189	3189	3186	3157	3175	3164
Notarial Personnel	(person)	18654	19211	19303	19460	20015	19913
Notaries	(person)	13083	12849	12931	12245	12093	11714
Assistant Notaries	(person)	1584	2103	1995	2556	3018	3644
Number of Notarized Documents		1644.6	1249.7	1007.2	1004.5	1010.4	1021.9
	(10 000 cases)
Number of People's Mediation
Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants		54987	54638	48682	47173	46088	63438
	(person)
Number of People's Mediation Committees		97.41	96.4	92.3	89.1	87.8	85.3
	(10 000 units)
Number of Mediators            (10 000 persons)		880.25	844.5	779.3	716.2	669.2	514.4
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated		518.86	503.1	486.1	314.1	449.2	441.4
	(10 000 cases)