legal ground
Article 172nd of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC)
Company merger can adopt absorption merger or new merger.
A company absorbs other companies for merger, and the absorbed company is dissolved. The merger of two or more companies to form a new company is a new merger, and the parties to the merger are dissolved.
Article 174
When a company is merged, the creditor's rights and debts of the merging parties shall be inherited by the surviving company or the newly established company after the merger.