| 22-6 Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation | ||||||
| Item | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Lawyers | ||||||
| Number of Law Offices (unit) | 10873 | 11593 | 11823 | 12988 | 13096 | 13593 |
| Number of Lawyers (person) | 136684 | 142534 | 145196 | 153846 | 164516 | 143967 |
| Full-time Lawyers (person) | 90012 | 99793 | 100875 | 114471 | 122242 | 128172 |
| Part-time Lawyers (person) | 12186 | 6850 | 6966 | 7418 | 8068 | 7842 |
| Number of Units with Permanent | ||||||
| Legal Advisors (unit) | 265362 | 271669 | 282361 | 276097 | 279573 | 295990 |
| Agent of Civil Cases (case) | 767628 | 781452 | 853897 | 965956 | 1027117 | 1247877 |
| Agent of Economic Cases (case) | 381146 | 405133 | 357326 | 376793 | 377999 | |
| Defender of Criminal Cases (case) | 335267 | 324454 | 332688 | 354229 | 341619 | 495824 |
| Agent of Administrative Action (case) | 43703 | 48115 | 50778 | 50389 | 56657 | 56342 |
| Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case) | 827057 | 876696 | 904516 | 933346 | 915482 | 607049 |
| Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong, | ||||||
| Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (case) | 26788 | 20622 | 37728 | 36361 | 10700 | |
| Agent of Legal Advisory Services | 487.41 | 430.25 | 471.05 | 441.48 | 520.13 | 381.83 |
| (10 000 cases) | ||||||
| Agent of Legal Documents Written on | 119.70 | 120.27 | 123.16 | 120.07 | 145.32 | 715.37 |
| Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases) | ||||||
| Notarization | ||||||
| Number of Notary Offices (unit) | 3157 | 3175 | 3164 | 3160 | 3082 | 3031 |
| Notarial Personnel (person) | 19460 | 20015 | 19913 | 20789 | 31123 | 21060 |
| Notaries (person) | 12245 | 12093 | 11714 | 11738 | 21362 | 11616 |
| Assistant Notaries (person) | 2556 | 3018 | 3644 | 4138 | 4709 | 4966 |
| Number of Notarized Documents | 1004.5 | 1010.4 | 1021.9 | 945.2 | 980.7 | 971.4 |
| (10 000 cases) | ||||||
| Number of People's Mediation | ||||||
| Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants | 47173 | 46088 | 63438 | 61666 | 62573 | 60824 |
| (person) | ||||||
| Number of People's Mediation Committees | 89.1 | 87.8 | 85.3 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 83.7 |
| (10 000 units) | ||||||
| Number of Mediators (10 000 persons) | 716.2 | 669.2 | 514.4 | 509.7 | 498.2 | 486.9 |
| Number of Civil Disputes Mediated | 314.1 | 449.2 | 441.4 | 448.7 | 462.8 | 480.0 |
| (10 000 cases) | ||||||