How to distinguish a branch from a subsidiary?

Legal analysis: The ways to distinguish a branch from a subsidiary are:

1. 2. The legal status of the branch does not have legal person status; However, subsidiaries have independent legal personality.

2. The appellation of two names, the branch does not have an independent company name, but the subsidiary has its own independent name.

3. The business scope of the two companies, the branch company can not exceed the business scope of the parent company, but the experience scope of the branch company is not limited.

4. Procedures for the establishment of the two;

5. The property relationship between the two, the branch does not have its own independent property, but the subsidiary usually has its own property;

6. The control relationship between the two and the parent company, while the people, things and things of the branch company are directly controlled by the parent company, and the parent company generally takes indirect control over the subsidiary company;

7. The way to bear the debt responsibility;

8. The tax relationship between them;

9. Business licenses obtained by both parties;

10. Product packaging labels produced by two methods.

Legal basis: Branch companies can be established in Article 14 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Company Law. The establishment of a branch company shall apply to the company registration authority for registration and obtain a business license. A branch company does not have legal person status, and its civil liability shall be borne by the company. A company may set up subsidiaries, which have legal personality and independently bear civil liabilities according to law.