23-7  Domestic Notarial Documents by Type
         
Item 2003 2004
Number of   Number of  
 Notarial Percentage Notarial Percentage
Documents   Documents  
Issued (pieces)   Issued (pieces)  
         
  Notarized Documents on Economic Affairs          3824249 100.00 3915752 100.00
  Purchases and Sales of Products                  119422 3.12 81717 2.09
  Joint Business                                   9676 0.25 8864 0.23
  Auctions                                         28374 0.74 43326 1.11
  Loans                                            1851760 48.42 1950465 49.81
  Guarantees                                       94798 2.48 82248 2.10
  Bidding                                          72990 1.91 67795 1.73
  Scientific and Technological Contracts           1429 0.04 3340 0.09
  Supply and Use of Electric Power                 14047 0.37 224003 5.72
  Labor Contracts                                  95145 2.49 95010 2.43
  Construction Project Contracts                   19406 0.51 15896 0.41
  Industrial and Commercial Service Contracts      11830 0.31 23968 0.61
  Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Sideline           
    Production and Fishery Contracts                125585 3.28 96043 2.45
  Township Enterprise Contracts                    9991 0.26 3811 0.10
  Property Leases                                  24546 0.64 17419 0.44
  Leases of Enterprise                             5391 0.14 2917 0.07
  Asset Business Contracts                         4435 0.12 1814 0.05
  Payment Contracts                                110829 2.90 118080 3.02
  Selling or Transfer of Right of Land Utilization 40792 1.07 40042 1.02
  Other Business Contracts                         360705 9.43 301955 7.71
  Legal Person (agent) Identification              13116 0.34 13027 0.33
  Legal Person Trust Deeds                         86811 2.27 112830 2.88
  Corporation Constitutions                        3779 0.10 6266 0.16
  Operating Permits                                19268 0.50 18897 0.48
  Consignation                                     16794 0.44 11004 0.28
  Mortgage Registration                            85648 2.24 59955 1.53
  Minutes of Corporation Meetings                  9658 0.25 19896 0.51
  Others                                           587984 15.38 495164 12.65
  Notarized Documents on Civil Legal Relations     3663716 100.00 3462435 100.00
  Child Adoption                                   6884 0.19 7040 0.20
  Adoption Renouncements                           1273 0.03 2991 0.09
  Rights of Inheritance                            194478 5.31 232621 6.72
  Testaments                                       65535 1.79 72685 2.10
  Property Rights                                  42175 1.13 36383 1.05
  Kinship Confirmation                             49569 1.35 40898 1.18
  Death Certificates                               14375 0.39 10940 0.32
  Purchases and Sales of Houses                    352353 9.62 362682 10.47
  House Leases                                     23745 0.65    
  Foreign Study Contracts                          9769 0.27    
  Donations and Family Fostering                   12976 0.35 14615 0.42
  Trust Deeds                                      373838 10.20 560125 16.18
  Presentation Documents                           108398 2.96 113653 3.28
  Declarations                                     176289 4.81 200202 5.78
  Field Supervision                                102125 2.79 88739 2.56
  Confirmation of Signatures and Seals             49751 1.36 48833 1.41
  Confirmation of Copies and Photo-offset Copies   37181 1.01 40544 1.17
    to Originals                                           
  Rights to Housing Site                           26906 0.73 13882 0.40
  Evidence Preservation                            73393 2.00 106956 3.09
  Housing Demolition Agreements                    287543 7.85 88747 2.56
  Family Planning                                  312007 8.52 192544 5.56
  Agreements on Supporting Parents                 12130 0.33 9301 0.27
  Partnership Agreements                           26983 0.74 11923 0.34
  Property Agreements Between Spouses              163655 4.47 69860 2.02
  Other Civil Agreements                           492024 13.43 504835 14.58
  Others                                           648698 17.71 600715 17.35