Can subsidiaries absorb the merged parent company?

Whether the subsidiary can absorb the merged parent company. However, subsidiaries can be independent first and then merged. According to relevant laws and regulations, all debts of the original company after the merger shall be inherited by the merged company. It belongs to generalized inheritance.

legal ground

Article 172 of the Company Law

Company merger can adopt absorption merger or new merger.

A company absorbs other companies for merger, and the absorbed company is dissolved. The merger of two or more companies to form a new company is a new merger, and the parties to the merger are dissolved.

Article 173

When a company is merged, all parties to the merger shall sign a merger agreement and prepare a balance sheet and a list of assets. The company shall notify the creditors within 10 days from the date of making the merger resolution and make an announcement in the newspaper within 30 days. Creditors may, within 30 days from the date of receiving the notice, or within 45 days from the date of announcement if they have not received the notice, require the company to pay off debts or provide corresponding guarantees.