1. Business licenses are divided into five types: self-employed, sole proprietorship, partnership, limited liability company and joint stock limited company. Business license is a certificate issued by the administrative department for industry and commerce to industrial and commercial enterprises and individual operators to engage in certain production and business activities.
2. Legal basis:
Article 6 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Company Law
To establish a company, it shall apply to the company registration authority for registration of establishment according to law. Those that meet the conditions for establishment as stipulated in this Law shall be registered as limited liability companies or joint stock limited companies respectively by the company registration authority; Those who do not meet the conditions for establishment as stipulated in this Law shall not be registered as a limited liability company or a joint stock limited company. Where laws and administrative regulations stipulate that the establishment of a company must be approved, the approval procedures shall be handled according to law before the company is registered. The public may apply to the company registration authority to inquire about the registered items of the company, and the company registration authority shall provide inquiry services.
2. What are the types of registered companies?
There are many types of company registration according to different foundations.
1, according to the different responsibilities, according to the different responsibilities of shareholders to the company, companies can be divided into five categories:
(1) An unlimited company, that is, a company in which all shareholders are jointly and severally liable for the debts of the company, regardless of the amount of capital contribution;
(2) For a limited liability company, all shareholders shall be liable for the debts of the company with their capital contributions.
(3) Joint venture, a company composed of unlimited shareholders and limited shareholders;
(4) For a joint stock limited company, all its capital is divided into equal shares, and all shareholders are liable for the debts of the company to the extent of their shares.
(5) A joint-stock company is a company composed of unlimited liability shares and limited company shareholders.
2. According to the different control relationship of the company and the different position of the company in the control and controlled relationship, it can be divided into parent company and subsidiary company.
(1) The parent company refers to a company that owns a certain number of shares of other companies or can control and dominate other companies' personnel, finance, business and other matters according to the agreement;
(2) The most basic feature of the parent company is not whether it holds the shares of the subsidiary, but whether it participates in the operation of the subsidiary;
(3) The term "subsidiary" refers to a company controlled or actually controlled and dominated by another company according to the agreement. The subsidiary has the status of an independent legal person, owns all its own property, its own company name, articles of association and board of directors, and independently conducts business and assumes responsibilities;
(4) Major decisions or major personnel arrangements involving the interests of the company are still decided by the parent company.