公证制度是由西方创立的,是现代大多数国家司法制度的重要组成部分,是国际通行的证明手段,具有法律上确定的效力。中国历史上曾有过属于“私证”范畴的“中人”制度,证明某一事实的存在,但由于中国历史上商品经济不发达,经济交换总量不大,因此国家权力没有介入,所以,这种私证制 The notarial system was founded by the West and is an important component of the judicial system in most modern countries. It is an internationally recognized means of verification and has legally-determined validity. In the history of China, there was a “middleman” system that belonged to the category of “private certificate” to prove the existence of a certain fact. However, due to the underdeveloped commodity economy in China’s history and the limited economic exchange, the state power was not intervened. Therefore, This private system