Inc is the abbreviation of Incorporation. It means to unite, merge, form a legal person organization, form a company or society. According to English law, a limited liability company must clearly indicate the limited company after its name.
Therefore, the names of most companies have become XXX co., ltd. In America, there is no such rule. Inc, usually after the name of an American enterprise. Represents a company limited by shares, namely XXX Co., Ltd.
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China
The company law stipulates two kinds of companies (according to the number of shareholders and promoters), limited liability companies and joint stock limited companies. The former can be called a limited company, and the latter can be called a joint-stock company. This is a hard rule and must be reflected in the industrial and commercial license.
Then a joint stock limited company is divided into listed companies and unlisted companies, which cannot be reflected in the name of the enterprise with industrial and commercial license, but it will be clearly stated in the type of licensed company whether it is a listed company or a unlisted company.
Britain, England
Limited companies include three types.
Public Limited Company (PLC) is equivalent to "Limited by Share Ltd (listing)" in China.
Limited company is equivalent to "limited liability company" or "stock limited company (unlisted)" in China.
Guarantee Co., Ltd., the guarantee is limited, not in China.
Others are.
Limited liability partnership (LLP)
Limited partnership
United States of America
Inc. is the abbreviation of incorporated, which refers to a company limited by shares. Whether you are listed or not, the shareholders of this company are legal persons rather than natural persons, which is equivalent to "a company limited by shares (listed)" or "a company limited by shares (unlisted)" in China.
Corp is the abbreviation of corporation, which means that shareholders include consortia, legal persons, natural persons and other different enterprises, such as Microsoft Corporation.
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