As shown by the industry blue book issued by Beijing Lawyers Association dated 30th, November, Number of Beijing Lawyers has reached 22937 till the end of 2010, which is 1/8 of the total national amount, 9 times of the average level and 2 times of Shanghai. About this, Liu Tianyong said that the amount of Beijing Lawyers is the biggest in China, and so is of the Beijing tax lawyers. The amount of tax lawyer is still growing. With the deeper implementation of “tax management by law” principle, the gradual raise of legislate level of tax laws, and the enhancing of legal consciousness of taxpayers , tax lawyers will become a new strength of the tax service intermediary organizations.

See: http://www.ctaxnews.net.cn/html/2011-12/05/nbs.D340100zgswb_01.htm