20-4  Basic Statistics on Lawyers and Notarization
Item	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                         (unit)	821	991	1106	1199	1283
State-owned                                       (unit)	43	43	43	43	43
Cooperative                                       (unit)	20
Partnership                                        (unit)	751	816	843	866	893
Initiated by Individual                       (unit)	7	132	219	290	347
Number of Lawyers                          (person)	9542	10531	12091	14137	15633
Full-time Lawyers                         (person)	8641	9638	11608	13102	14497
Part-time Lawyers                         (person)	436	437	483	506	532
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                    (unit)	158	158	158	158	158
Notaries                                            (person)	846	852	846	903	908
Assistant Notaries                             (person)	289	317	392	386	369
Number of Notarized Affairs                (unit)	49.8	49.3	51.5	53.0	58.9