23-6  Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                       (unit)	12988	13096	13593	14467	15888	17230
Number of Lawyers                         (person)	153846	164516	143967	156710	173327	195170
Full-time Lawyers	114471	122242	128172	140135	155457	176219
Part-time Lawyers	7418	8068	7842	8116	8764	9294
Number of Units with Permanent
Legal Advisors                                   (unit)	276097	279573	295990	314876	338179	369129
Agent of Civil Cases                           (case)	965956	1027117	1247877	1401147	1499105	1569043
Agent of Economic Cases                   (case)	376793	377999
Agent and Defender of Criminal Cases (case)	354229	341619	495824	511971	564204	530800
Agent of Administrative Action         (case)	50389	56657	56342	54666	57286	51011
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case)	933346	915482	607049	729218	569304	549453
Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,
Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs        (case)	36361	10700
Agent of Legal Advisory Services	441.48	520.13	381.83	350.86	383.08	474.51
(10 000 person-times)
Agent of Legal Documents Written on	120.07	145.32	715.37	720.99	684.22	723.72
Behalf of Clients                  (10 000 cases)
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                   (unit)	3160	3082	3031	3035	3023	3026
Notarial Personnel                           (person)	20789	31123	21060	33462	23077	24185
Notaries	11738	21362	11616	22284	11282	11457
Assistant Notaries	4138	4709	4966	5469	5895	6678
Number of Notarized Documents	945.2	980.7	971.4	949.0	1075.1	1104.8
(10 000 cases)
Number of People's Mediation
Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants	61666	62573	60824	74147	72704	72698
(person)
Number of People's Mediation Committees	84.7	84.3	83.7	82.7	82.4	81.8
(10 000 units)
Number of Mediators        (10 000 persons)	509.7	498.2	486.9	479.3	493.9	466.9
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated	448.7	462.8	480.0	498.1	579.7	841.8
(10 000 cases)