Although the original partnership may have two nominal partners, it is different from the shareholders of a limited liability company in legal sense.
Because the partnership is not an independent legal person, and the company is an independent legal person.
Simply put, you can regard a company as a "person" in the legal sense, while a partnership is not a "person" in the legal sense.
After reading the answer from the demon Lan Yu upstairs, I have a different view.
Your local industrial and commercial bureau should handle it correctly. You should cancel it before starting a new one.
Cancellation has two purposes: one is to help you deal with the creditor's rights and debts of your previous partnership; The second is to let the new company use your original name.
The general process of setting up a new company is as follows: the steps of setting up a registered limited liability company generally go through the following steps: Step 1: After consulting, get and fill in the Application for Pre-approval of Name and the Letter of Appointment (Power of Attorney) and prepare relevant materials; Step 2: Submit the name registration materials, receive the name registration acceptance notice, and wait for the name approval result; Step 3: Receive the Notice of Pre-approval of Enterprise Name and the Application for Registration of Enterprise Establishment according to the date specified in the Notice of Acceptance of Name Registration; Where the business scope involves pre-approval, relevant approval procedures shall be handled; Open a special account for capital contribution in the capital contribution bank confirmed by the Industrial and Commercial Bureau; Go through the capital verification procedures (if the capital contribution is made in non-currency, it shall also go through the asset appraisal procedures); Step 4: submit the application materials and receive the admission notice after the materials are complete; Step 5: Pay the registration fee and get the certificate according to the date stipulated in the admission notice.
Generally, newly established companies need to provide the following materials: the notice of approval of enterprise name (handled before industry and commerce), the copy of the house ownership certificate of the shareholders (promoters) of the business premises, and the original lease contract. If the sponsor is the property owner (not required), the shareholders' meeting of the company will decide the articles of association, as well as some original certificates related to the pre-procedures within the business scope of the company, and so on.
If you don't understand, first, go to the industrial and commercial office for consultation; Second, go to the local street office for consultation (they have the task of attracting investment and enterprises, which are generally efficient and thoughtful, and the best thing is that they don't charge); Third, go to the agency for business consulting (more expensive, not recommended).