Companies Law of the People's Republic of China

(npc.gov.cn)     Updated : 2015-08-17

(Adopted at the 5th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People’s Congress on December 29, 1993; amended for the first time in accordance with the Decision on Revision of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China made at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People’s Congress on December 25, 1999; amended for the second time in accordance with the Decision on Revision of the Company Law of the People’s Republic of China made at the 11th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on August 28, 2004; and revised at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on October 27, 2005)

Contents

Chapter I General Provisions

Chapter II Incorporation and Organizational Structure of a Company with Limited Liability

Section 1 Incorporation

Section 2 Organizational Structure

Section 3 Special Provisions on One-person Companies with Limited Liability

Section 4 Special Provisions on Wholly Stated-owned Companies

Chapter III Equity Transfer of Companies with Limited Liability

Chapter IV Incorporation and Organizational Structure of a Company Limited by Shares

Section 1 Incorporation

Section 2 Shareholders General Assembly

Section 3 Board of Directors, and the Manager

Section 4 Board of Supervisors

Section 5 Special Provisions on Organizational Structure of Listed Companies

Chapter V Issue and Transfer of Shares of Companies Limited by Shares

Section 1 Issue of Shares

Section 2 Transfer of Shares

Chapter VI Qualifications and Obligations of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Managers of Companies

Chapter VII Corporate Bonds

Chapter VIII Financial Affairs and Accounting of Companies

Chapter IX Merger and Division of Companies, Increase and Reduction of Capital

Chapter X Dissolution and Liquidation of Companies

Chapter XI Branches of Foreign Companies

Chapter XII Legal Responsibility

Chapter XIII Supplementary Provisions