【正文】 social responsibility.The legitimate rights and interests of panies shall be protected by law, and shall be inviolable.Article 6 Where an entity intends to incorporate a pany, it shall, in accordance with law, apply to a pany registration authority for registration of such incorporation. Where the conditions for incorporation provided for by this Law are met, the pany registration authority shall have the pany registered as a pany with limited liability or a pany limited by shares。 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。Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China No. 42The Companies Law of the People’s Republic of China has been revised and adopted at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China on October 27, 2005, and its revised version is hereby promulgated and shall go into effect as of January 1, 2006.Hu JintaoPresident of the People’s Republic of ChinaOctober 27, 2005Companies Law of the People’s Republic of China(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。 and revised at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People’s Congress on October 27, 2005)ContentsChapter I General ProvisionsChapter II Incorporation and Organizational Structure of a Company with Limited LiabilitySection 1 IncorporationSection 2 Organizational StructureSection 3 Special Provisions on Oneperson Companies with Limited LiabilitySection 4 Special Provisions on Wholly Statedowned CompaniesChapter III Equity Transfer of Companies with Limited LiabilityChapter IV Incorporation and Organizational Structure of a Company Limited by SharesSection 1 IncorporationSection 2 Shareholders General AssemblySection 3 Board of Directors, and the ManagerSection 4 Board of SupervisorsSection 5 Special Provisions on Organizational Structure of Listed CompaniesChapter V Issue and Transfer of Shares of Companies Limited by SharesSection 1 Issue of SharesSection 2 Transfer of SharesChapter VI Qualifications and Obligations of Directors, Supervisors and Senior Managers of CompaniesChapter VII Corporate BondsChapter VIII Financial Affairs and Accounting of CompaniesChapter IX Merger and Division of Companies, Increase and Reduction of CapitalChapter X Dissolution and Liquidation of CompaniesChapter XI Branches of Foreign CompaniesChapter XII Legal ResponsibilityChapter XIII Supplementary ProvisionsChapter I General ProvisionsArticle 1 This Law is enacted in order to standardize the organization and behavior of panies, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of panies, shareholders and creditors, to maintain the socioeconomic order and to promote the development of the socialist market economy.Article 2 For the purposes of this Law, the term pany refers to a pany with limited liability or a pany limited by shares incorporated within the territory of the People’s Republic of China in accordance with this Law.Article 3 A pany is an enterprise legal person, which has independent property of a legal person and enjoys the property rights of a legal person. The pany shall be liable for its debts to the extent of its entire property.Shareholders of a pany with limited liability shall assume liability towards the pany to the extent of the capital contributions subscribed respectively by them。 and where the said conditions are not met, the pany shall not be registered as one with limited liability or as one limited by shares.Where laws or administrative regulations provide that approval is required for incorporation of a pany, the procedures of approval shall be pleted according to law prior to registration of the pany.The public may apply to the pany registration authority for inquiry about the items registered by a pany, and the authority shall provide services for such inquiry.Article 7 The pany registration authority shall issue a business license to a pany incorporated according to law. The date on which the business license is issued shall be the date on which a pany is incorporated.In the business license of a pany shall clearly be stated such items as the name, domicile, registered capital, actually received capital, scope of business and name of the legal representative of the pany.Where the items stated in the business license of a pany are altered, the pany shall have the alterations registered according to law, and the pany registration authority shall renew its business license.Article 8 A pany with limited liability incorporated according to this Law shall have the words “pany with limited liability” or “l(fā)imited pany” indicated in its name.A pany limited by shares incorporated according to this Law shall have the words “pany limited by shares” or “pany by shares” indicated in its name.Article 9 Where a pany with limited liability is to be changed into a pany limited by shares, it shall meet the conditions of a pany limited by shares provided for by this Law. Where a pany limited by shares is to be changed into a pany with limited liability, it shall meet the conditions of a pany with limited liability provided for by this Law.Where a pany with limited liability is changed into a pany limited by shares, or a pany limited by shares is changed into a pany with limited liability, the rights of credit and the debts of the pany prior to the change shall be inherited by the pany after the change.Article 10 The domicile of a pan