| 17-38 Basic Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation | |||||
| Item | 1985 | 1990 | 1995 | 2000 | 2003 |
| Lawyers | |||||
| Number of Law Offices (unit) | 113 | 130 | 169 | 227 | 242 |
| Number of Lawyers (person) | 694 | 780 | 1705 | 2414 | 2562 |
| Full-time Lawyers (person) | 280 | 435 | 1209 | 1508 | 1917 |
| Part-time Lawyers (person) | 414 | 345 | 336 | 418 | 101 |
| Number of Units with Permanent Legal Advisors (unit) | 1263 | 1748 | 2560 | 2613 | 2820 |
| Agent of Civil Cases (case) | 1937 | 6306 | 6380 | 16165 | 21245 |
| Defender and Agent of Criminal Cases (case) | 2310 | 6237 | 5850 | 5826 | 5661 |
| Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs (case) | 979 | 614 | 5357 | 4810 | 6111 |
| Agent of Legal Advisory Services (10 000 cases) | 1.83 | 4.62 | 4.21 | 7.45 | 9.47 |
| Agent of Legal Documents Written on | 0.43 | 0.69 | 1.06 | 1.94 | 3.07 |
| Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases) | |||||
| Notarization | |||||
| Number of Notary Offices (unit) | 90 | 113 | 126 | 131 | 124 |
| Notarial Personnel (person) | 123 | 249 | 345 | 458 | 466 |
| Notaries | 101 | 173 | 266 | 332 | 401 |
| Assistant Notaries (person) | 22 | 76 | 49 | 43 | 56 |
| Number of Notarized Document (10 000 cases) | 5.18 | 6.79 | 10.11 | 18.85 | 9.64 |
| Number of People's Mediation | |||||
| Number of Full-time Judicial Assistants (person) | 1061 | 939 | 1515 | 1750 | 1836 |
| Number of People's Mediation Committees (unit) | 16070 | 17422 | 19045 | 22294 | 21022 |
| Number of Mediators (10 000 persons) | 7.88 | 7.11 | 12.04 | 10.04 | 9.59 |
| Number of Civil Disputes Mediated (10 000 cases) | 8.43 | 11.86 | 9.18 | 8.09 | 9.13 |