19-12 Basic Statistics on Lawyers and Notarization
Item	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                         (unit)	712	767	821	991	1106	1199
State-owned                                       (unit)	44	44	43	43	43	43
Cooperative                                       (unit)	293	297	20
Partnership                                        (unit)	370	421	751	816	843	866
Initiated by Individual                       (unit)	5	5	7	132	219	290
Number of Lawyers                          (person)	8074	9024	9542	10531	12091	14137
Full-time Lawyers                         (person)	7701	8185	8641	9638	11608	13102
Part-time Lawyers                         (person)	373	395	436	437	483	506
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                    (unit)	160	158	158	158	158	158
Notaries                                            (person)	860	850	846	852	846	903
Assistant Notaries                             (person)	277	270	289	317	392	386
Number of Notarized Affairs                (unit)	45.6	51.2	49.8	49.3	51.5	53.0