19-9  Basic Statistics on Lawyers and Notarization
Item 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Lawyers
    Number of Law Offices                         (unit) 674 712 767 821 991 1106
        State-owned                                       (unit) 44 44 44 43 43 43
        Cooperative                                       (unit) 283 293 297 20
        Partnership                                        (unit) 342 370 421 751 816 843
        Initiated by Individual                       (unit) 5 5 5 7 132 219
    Number of Lawyers                          (person) 7688 8074 9024 9542 10531 12091
        Full-time Lawyers                         (person) 7329 7701 8185 8641 9638 11608
        Part-time Lawyers                         (person) 359 373 395 436 437 483
Notarization
    Number of Notary Offices                   (unit) 160 160 158 158 158 158
    Notaries                                           (person) 847 860 850 846 852 846
    Assistant Notaries                           (person) 311 277 270 289 317 392
    Number of Notarized Affairs              (unit) 460458 455717 512348 498420 492992 51500