Companies such as the head office and its subsidiaries, or the holding company and the controlled company are affiliated enterprises, that is, there is a subordinate relationship between the two enterprises. A legal person owns two companies, but these two companies operate independently of each other, and there is no such relationship (mutual investment or holding relationship), so it is not an affiliated enterprise.
Legal basis: Article 217 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) refers to the relationship between the controlling shareholder, actual controller, directors, supervisors and senior managers of the company and the enterprises directly or indirectly controlled by them, as well as other relationships that may lead to the transfer of the company's interests. However, state-owned holding enterprises are not only related because they are controlled by the state.