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The structure of Company Law (revised in 2005), which was maintained in current Company Law (revised in 2013), represented an important text in the modernization process of Chinese company law.
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Article 8 of Company Law: “The name of a limited liability company established in accordance with the Law shall feature the words “limited liability company” or “company limited”.
The name of a company limited by shares established in accordance with the Law shall feature the words “company limited by shares” or “joint stock company””.
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See Article 2 of Company Law.
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For example, Article 1 of Company Law lists, among the aims of corporate legislation, that of “promoting the development of socialist market economy”; under Article 17 paragraph 2, a company should use various methods to strengthen the education and the formation of its employees on the job, so as to improve their capabilities; finally, Article 19 states that companies should facilitate the activities of the Chinese Communist Party established within the company in accordance with the Constitution of the Party.
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Pisacane, G. (2017). Companies Under Chinese Law. In: Corporate Governance in China. China Law, Tax & Accounting. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-3911-9_2
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