The investor of a one-person limited liability company can be a natural person or a legal person. The investor of a sole proprietorship enterprise can only be a natural person.
2. Different legal forms.
A one-person limited liability company is a legal civil subject with legal personality, and a sole proprietorship enterprise is an unincorporated organization without legal personality. The name of a one-person limited liability company should bear the words "limited liability company", and the name of a sole proprietorship enterprise cannot be called a company.
3. Different conditions for establishment
The minimum registered capital of a one-person limited liability company is RMB 654.38+10,000, and the shareholders shall pay the capital contribution stipulated in the Articles of Association in one lump sum. There is no statutory minimum registered capital for the establishment of a sole proprietorship enterprise, only "the amount of investment declared by the investor" is required. In addition, the monetary contribution of a one-person limited liability company shall not be less than 30% of the registered capital of the limited liability company. However, the sole proprietorship enterprise has not made mandatory provisions on the form of capital contribution.
4. Investors bear different responsibilities.
The shareholders of a one-person limited liability company shall bear "limited liability" to the extent of the subscribed capital contribution, and shall be jointly and severally liable for the company's debts only if the shareholders cannot prove that the company's property is independent of their own property. Investors of a sole proprietorship enterprise shall bear unlimited liability for the debts of the company with their personal property.
Legal basis: Article 58 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). A natural person can only invest in establishing 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.