| 23-6 Basic
Statistics on Lawyers, Notarization and Mediation |
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| Item | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 |
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| Lawyers | | | | | | |
| Number of Law Offices (unit) | 9541 | 10225 | 10873 | 11593 | 11823 | 12988 |
| Number of Lawyers (person) | 117260 | 122585 | 136684 | 142534 | 145196 | 153846 |
| Full-time
Lawyers (person) | 69117 | 76558 | 90012 | 99793 | 100875 | 114471 |
| Part-time
Lawyers (person) | 15639 | 13699 | 12186 | 6850 | 6966 | 7418 |
| Number of Units with Permanent | | | | | | |
| Legal Advisors (unit) | 247160 | 254758 | 265362 | 271669 | 282361 | 276097 |
| Agent of Civil Cases (case) | 640610 | 667232 | 767628 | 781452 | 853897 | 965956 |
| Agent of Economic Cases (case) | 438672 | 402669 | 381146 | 405133 | 357326 | 376793 |
| Defender of Criminal Cases (case) | 317108 | 339549 | 335267 | 324454 | 332688 | 354229 |
| Agent of Administrative Action (case) | 41785 | 43800 | 43703 | 48115 | 50778 | 50389 |
| Agent of Non-Litigious Legal Affairs
(case) | 770087 | 1162715 | 827057 | 876696 | 904516 | 933346 |
| Agent of Foreign-related, Hong Kong, | 30531 | 10609 | 26788 | 20622 | 37728 | 36361 |
| Macao & Taiwan Legal
Affairs (case) | | | | | | |
| Agent of Legal Advisory Services | 457.40 | 403.40 | 487.41 | 430.25 | 471.05 | 441.48 |
| (10 000 cases) | | | | | | |
| Agent of Legal Documents Written on | 111.30 | 113.90 | 119.70 | 120.27 | 123.16 | 120.07 |
| Behalf of Clients (10 000 cases) | | | | | | |
| Notarization | | | | | | |
| Number of Notary Offices (unit) | 3189 | 3186 | 3157 | 3175 | 3164 | 3160 |
| Notarial Personnel (person) | 19211 | 19303 | 19460 | 20015 | 19913 | 20789 |
| Notaries (person) | 12849 | 12931 | 12245 | 12093 | 11714 | 11738 |
| Assistant
Notaries (person) | 2103 | 1995 | 2556 | 3018 | 3644 | 4138 |
| Number of Notarized Documents | 1249.7 | 1007.2 | 1004.5 | 1010.4 | 1021.9 | 945.22 |
| (10 000 cases) | | | | | | |
| Number of People's Mediation | | | | | | |
| Number of Full-time Judicial
Assistants | 54638 | 48682 | 47173 | 46088 | 63438 | 61666 |
| (person) | | | | | | |
| Number of People's Mediation
Committees | 96.4 | 92.3 | 89.1 | 87.8 | 85.3 | 84.71 |
| (10 000 units) | | | | | | |
| Number of Mediators (10 000 persons) | 844.5 | 779.3 | 716.2 | 669.2 | 514.4 | 509.65 |
| Number of Civil Disputes Mediated | 503.1 | 486.1 | 314.1 | 449.2 | 441.4 | 448.68 |
| (10 000 cases) | | | | | | |
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