Basic Statistics on Lawyers and Notarization
Item	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Lawyers
Number of Law Offices                       (unit)	991	1106	1199	1283	1372	1512	1629
State-owned                                     (unit)	43	43	43	43	42	41	37
Cooperative                                     (unit)
Partnership                                      (unit)	816	843	866	893	936	1021	1079
Initiated by Individual                     (unit)	132	219	290	347	394	450	513
Number of Lawyers                        (person)	10531	12091	14137	15633	16941	18405	20043
Full-time Lawyers                       (person)	9638	11608	13102	14497	15724	17147	18726
Part-time Lawyers                       (person)	437	483	506	532	556	568	615
Notarization
Number of Notary Offices                  (unit)	158	158	158	158	158	158	157
Notaries                                          (person)	852	846	903	908	903	1040	1054
Assistant Notaries                           (person)	317	392	386	369	513	518	528
Number of Notarized Affair   (10 000 units)	49.3	51.5	53.0	58.9	64.0	67.8	70.9