How many shareholders does a one-person limited liability company have?

Legal analysis: A one-person limited liability company refers to a limited liability company with only one natural person shareholder or one corporate shareholders. The investment subject of a one-person limited liability company is a natural person or a legal person, which emphasizes the uniqueness of shareholders. A natural person shareholder should be a person with full capacity. Regarding corporate shareholders, there are no special restrictions in the Company Law, which may include enterprises as legal persons, institutions as legal persons and social organizations as legal persons, with the exception of sole proprietorships, partnerships, Chinese-foreign cooperative enterprises and wholly foreign-owned enterprises without legal personality.

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Company Law.

Article 24 A limited liability company shall be established by capital contribution of shareholders with less than 50 persons.

Article 57 The provisions of this section shall apply to the establishment and organization of a one-person limited liability company. Where there are no provisions in this section, the provisions in the first and second sections of this chapter shall apply. A one-person limited liability company as mentioned in this Law refers to a limited liability company with only one natural person shareholder or one corporate shareholders.

Article 58 A natural person can only invest in the establishment of a one-person limited liability company. A one-person limited liability company cannot invest in the establishment of a new one-person limited liability company.