| Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation | ||||||
| Item | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 |
| Lawyers |
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| Number of Law Offices (unit) | 8946 | 9144 | 9541 | 10225 | 10873 | 11593 |
| Number of Lawyers (person) | 101220 | 111433 | 117260 | 122585 | 136684 | 142534 |
| Full-time Lawyers (person) | 51008 | 61761 | 69117 | 76558 | 90012 | 99793 |
| Part-time Lawyers (person) | 17958 | 17082 | 15639 | 13699 | 12186 | 6850 |
| Number of Units With Permanent Legal Advisors |
235676 | 238576 | 247160 | 254758 | 265362 | 271669 |
| Agent of Civil Cases (case) | 526633 | 592455 | 640610 | 667232 | 767628 | 781452 |
| Agent of Economic Cases (case) | 414229 | 426358 | 438672 | 402669 | 381146 | 405133 |
| Defender of Criminal Cases (case) | 296668 | 309767 | 317108 | 339549 | 335267 | 324454 |
| Agent of Administrative Actions (case) | 35865 | 39006 | 41785 | 43800 | 43703 | 48115 |
| Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case) |
851433 | 716287 | 770087 | 1162715 | 827057 | 876696 |
| Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong, Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (case) |
21618 | 18793 | 30531 | 10609 | 26788 | 20622 |
| Agent of Legal Advisory Services (10000 cases) |
489.86 | 419.20 | 457.40 | 403.40 | 487.41 | 430.25 |
| Agent of Legal Documents Written on Behalf of Clients (10000 cases) |
125.86 | 96.64 | 111.30 | 113.90 | 119.70 | 120.27 |
| Notarization | ||||||
| Number of Notary Offices (unit) | 3179 | 3189 | 3189 | 3186 | 3157 | 3175 |
| Notarial Personnel (person) | 18159 | 18654 | 19211 | 19303 | 19460 | 20015 |
| Notaries (person) | 13006 | 13083 | 12849 | 12931 | 12245 | 12093 |
| Assistant Notaries (person) | 1428 | 1584 | 2103 | 1995 | 2556 | 3018 |
| Number of Notarizations (10000 cases) |
1022.9 | 1644.6 | 1249.7 | 1007.2 | 1004.5 | 1010.4 |
| Number of People's Mediation | ||||||
| Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants (person) | 52875 | 54987 | 54638 | 48682 | 47173 | 46088 |
| Number of People's Mediation Committees (10000 units) |
98.4 | 97.41 | 96.4 | 92.3 | 89.1 | 87.8 |
| Number of Mediators (10000 persons) | 917.5 | 880.25 | 844.5 | 779.3 | 716.2 | 669.2 |
| Number of Civil Disputes Mediated (10000 cases) |
526.7 | 518.86 | 503.1 | 486.1 | 314.1 | 449.2 |