1) As the articles of association are the company's autonomous documents, even though some articles of association need the approval of administrative supervision departments (such as foreign-invested enterprises and financial enterprises), as long as the contents of the articles of association do not violate the mandatory provisions of laws and administrative regulations, the relevant departments have no right to interfere with the contents of the articles of association. Therefore, the possible contents of the articles of association are not limited to the company's code of conduct after the establishment of the company. There may also be agreements made by the signatories of the articles of association on the establishment of the company (originally these contents should be the contents of the joint venture agreement). The legal effect of these contents does not take effect because the company is not established. The legal provisions that can be consulted include the obligation of shareholders' recognition stipulated in the joint venture or equity transfer agreement stipulated in the judicial interpretation of foreign-invested enterprises by the Supreme Court, which is not effective because it has not been approved by the commercial department.
2) Therefore, in this sense, as long as all shareholders sign the articles of association, the obligations to shareholders in the articles of association are binding on shareholders.