What do you mean by limited company?

Company Limited is a general term for limited liability companies and joint stock limited companies. For example, Baidu Co. Ltd is the English translation of limited company. It is usually translated into LTD internationally, but it is translated into Co.Ltd in China.

According to the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), shareholders of a limited liability company are liable to the company to the extent of their subscribed capital contribution, and shareholders of a joint stock limited company are liable to the company to the extent of their subscribed shares.

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Limited company is the English name of limited company. The international customary way of writing is that LTD, Limited, LTD is a different way of writing under different habits, but it actually means the same thing.

Ltd(Limited) stands for limited company in the world and is applicable to joint-stock companies in various countries. For example, FrontlineLtd listed on NASDAQ.

Another example is ALIBABAGROUPHOLDINGLTD, the company name of Alibaba listed in the United States. Similarly, if you visit official website, the British Ministry of Commerce, and arbitrarily enter the company name (such as ABC), you can find that most of them end directly with LTD or Limited. Search for "Baidu" and it comes out: BAIDULTD

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