Capital in the company law usually refers to the registered capital of the company, that is, the total amount of capital subscribed by shareholders as determined in the company's articles of association, also known as share capital. In the sense of company law, company capital is the company property made up of all shareholders' contributions, and the company capital system is the sum total of the provisions of company law on company capital according to certain legislative principles. Since the limited liability system came into being, some basic principles have gradually formed in the company law, which run through the whole process of company capital legislation and form different capital systems, namely, legal capital system, authorized capital system and compromised authorized capital system.
Second, analysis
The company's capital contributed by shareholders plays an extremely important role in the whole process of the company's existence and operation. For the company, it is not only an essential factor for the company to obtain independent personality, but also a material basis for the company's business development. For shareholders, it is not only the embodiment of shareholders' capital contribution and corresponding rights and interests, but also the material basis for shareholders to bear limited liability to the company. For creditors, it is a general guarantee for corporate debts and an important guarantee for creditors to realize their claims. Therefore, it is of great significance to study the corporate capital system.
3. What's the difference between company assets and company capital?
1 has different meanings. Assets are the resources controlled by the company that can generate economic benefits, and capital refers to the resources invested by investors in the company;
2. Different characteristics. The characteristics of assets include bringing economic benefits to enterprises, and assets are owned by enterprises. Capital includes tangible capital, intangible capital, financial capital and human capital.