19-8  Basic Statistics on Lawyers and Notarization
Item	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                         (unit)	674	712	767	821	991
State-owned                                       (unit)	44	44	44	43	43
Cooperative                                       (unit)	283	293	297	20
Partnership                                        (unit)	342	370	421	751	816
Initiated by Individual                       (unit)	5	5	5	7	132
Number of Lawyers                          (person)	7688	8074	9024	9542	10531
Full-time Lawyers                         (person)	7329	7701	8185	8641	9638
Part-time Lawyers                         (person)	359	373	395	436	437
Guest Lawyers                              (person)
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                   (unit)	160	160	158	158	158
Notaries                                           (person)	847	860	850	846	852
Assistant Notaries                           (person)	311	277	270	289	317
Number of Notarized Affairs              (unit)	460458	455717	512348	498420	492992