Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation
Item	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices	8265	8441	8946	9144	9541
Number of Lawyers (persons)	100198	98902	101220	111433	117260
Full-time Lawyers (persons)	47879	47574	51008	61761	69117
Part-time Lawyers (persons)	20243	18695	17958	17082	15639
Number of Units with Permanent Legal Advisors	223043	232434	235676	238576	247160
Agent of Civil Cases (cases)	353840	454273	526633	592455	640610
Agent of Economic Cases (cases)	360224	403337	414229	426358	438672
Defender of Criminal Cases (cases)	245877	275188	296668	309767	317108
Agent of Administrative Action(cases)	19360	29618	35865	39006	41785
Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs(cases)	435483	1222239	851433	716287	770087
Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong,
Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (cases)	27730	24765	21618	18793	30531
Macao & Taiwan Legal Affairs (cases)
Number of Notary Offices	186.5	425.9	489.9	419.2	457.4
Agent of Legal Documents Written
on Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases)	52.3	95.9	125.9	96.6	111.3
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices	3167	3162	3179	3189	3189
Notarial Personnel (persons)	17019	17431	18159	18654	19211
Notaries (persons)	11322	11749	13006	13083	12849
Assistant Notaries (persons)	1925	1741	1428	1584	2103
Number of Notarized Documents(10 000 cases)	792.7	982.8	1022.9	1644.6	1249.7
Number of People's Mediation
Number of Full-Time Judicial Assistants (persons)	56173	57029	52875	54987	54638
Number of People's Mediation Commit-tees (10 000 units)	100.2	98.5	98.4	97.4	96.4
Number of Mediators (10 000 persons)	1035.4	1027.4	917.5	880.3	844.5
Number of Civil Disputes Mediated (10 000 cases)	580.2	554.3	526.7	518.9	503.1