| 22-6 Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation | ||||||
| Item | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 |
| Lawyers | ||||||
| Number of Law Offices (unit) | 11593 | 11823 | 12988 | 13096 | 13593 | 14467 |
| Number of Lawyers (person) | 142534 | 145196 | 153846 | 164516 | 143967 | 156710 |
| Full-time Lawyers (person) | 99793 | 100875 | 114471 | 122242 | 128172 | 140135 |
| Part-time Lawyers (person) | 6850 | 6966 | 7418 | 8068 | 7842 | 8116 |
| Number of Units with Permanent | ||||||
| Legal Advisors (unit) | 271669 | 282361 | 276097 | 279573 | 295990 | 314876 |
| Agent of Civil Cases (case) | 781452 | 853897 | 965956 | 1027117 | 1247877 | 1401147 |
| Agent of Economic Cases (case) | 405133 | 357326 | 376793 | 377999 | ||
| Defender of Criminal Cases (case) | 324454 | 332688 | 354229 | 341619 | 495824 | 511971 |
| Agent of Administrative Action (case) | 48115 | 50778 | 50389 | 56657 | 56342 | 54666 |
| Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case) | 876696 | 904516 | 933346 | 915482 | 607049 | 729218 |
| Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong, | ||||||
| Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (case) | 20622 | 37728 | 36361 | 10700 | ||
| Agent of Legal Advisory Services | 430.25 | 471.05 | 441.48 | 520.13 | 381.83 | 350.86 |
| (10 000 cases) | ||||||
| Agent of Legal Documents Written on | 120.27 | 123.16 | 120.07 | 145.32 | 715.37 | 720.99 |
| Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases) | ||||||
| Notarization | ||||||
| Number of Notary Offices (unit) | 3175 | 3164 | 3160 | 3082 | 3031 | 3035 |
| Notarial Personnel (person) | 20015 | 19913 | 20789 | 31123 | 21060 | 33462 |
| Notaries (person) | 12093 | 11714 | 11738 | 21362 | 11616 | 22284 |
| Assistant Notaries (person) | 3018 | 3644 | 4138 | 4709 | 4966 | 5469 |
| Number of Notarized Documents | 1010.4 | 1021.9 | 945.2 | 980.7 | 971.4 | 949.0 |
| (10 000 cases) | ||||||
| Number of People's Mediation | ||||||
| Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants | 46088 | 63438 | 61666 | 62573 | 60824 | 74147 |
| (person) | ||||||
| Number of People's Mediation Committees | 87.8 | 85.3 | 84.7 | 84.3 | 83.7 | 82.7 |
| (10 000 units) | ||||||
| Number of Mediators (10 000 persons) | 669.2 | 514.4 | 509.7 | 498.2 | 486.9 | 479.3 |
| Number of Civil Disputes Mediated | 449.2 | 441.4 | 448.7 | 462.8 | 480.0 | 498.1 |
| (10 000 cases) | ||||||