Briefly describe the basic characteristics and functions of the company.

Answer: The basic characteristics of a company: (1) A company is an organizational form of an enterprise, which has all the attributes of various enterprises, such as profitability, operational autonomy and competitiveness. (2) The company must be established according to law. (3) Companies in China are legal persons. (4) Must engage in business activities within the scope permitted by law.

The role of the company, in theory: (1) The company is a new enterprise organization model that adapts to the development of socialist market economy with its unique functions. (2) Standardized companies can effectively separate the ownership of investors from the property rights of corporate entities, which is conducive to separating government from enterprises, transforming the operating mechanism and improving the operational efficiency of enterprises and capital. (3) Establishing a modern enterprise system is the direction of state-owned enterprise reform. In accordance with the requirements of "clear property rights, clear responsibilities, separation of government and enterprise, and scientific management", we will implement standardized corporate system reform for large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, so that enterprises can become legal entities and competitive subjects that adapt to the market. In practice, companies can speed up fund raising, improve enterprise management and enhance enterprise vitality.