18-8  Basic Statistics on Lawyers and Notarization
Item	2000	2005	2006	2007
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                         (unit)	519	674	712	767
State-owned                                       (unit)	286	44	44	44
Cooperative                                       (unit)	78	283	293	297
Partnership                                        (unit)	150	342	370	421
Initiated by Individual                       (unit)	5	5	5	5
Number of Lawyers                          (person)	5418	7688	8545	8644
Full-time Lawyers                         (person)	4847	7329	7747	8185
Part-time Lawyers                         (person)	478	359	381	395
Guest Lawyers                              (person)	93
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                   (unit)	165	160	160	158
Notaries                                           (person)	907	847	860	850
Assistant Notaries                           (person)	118	311	277	270
Number of Notarized Affairs              (unit)	1233354	460458	455717	512348