1. general partnership: all partners are general partners, and all partners are jointly and severally liable for the company. At least two partners, there is no upper limit on the number of partners.
2. Special general partnership: it is generally a professional organization partnership that provides paid services to customers with professional knowledge and skills. For example, agencies and law firms.
3. Limited partnership: It consists of general partner and limited partner, and the general partner shall bear unlimited joint and several liability for the partnership. A limited partner shall be liable to the partnership enterprise to the extent of the capital contribution subscribed by him. A limited partnership enterprise must have at least one general partner and one limited partner, and a limited partner must have at least two partners and a maximum of 49 partners.
The basic characteristics of a partnership include the following seven items:
1. A partnership consists of all partners. Partnership is not the behavior of a single person, but the union of two or more individuals, so it is called partnership.
2. Partners sign a partnership agreement. The conclusion of partnership agreement is the premise for partners to establish partnership enterprises and partnership enterprises, and it also embodies the basic attributes of partnership enterprises.
3. Capital contribution by both partners. Joint investment by partners is a necessary condition for partners to jointly operate, and whether they can contribute is also a measure of whether they can become partners.
4. Partners * * * operate together. A partnership is made up of all partners. Partners trust each other, jointly contribute funds and directly participate in the operation. They have the same position in the action. Partners are both investors and operators.
5. Partners shall be jointly and severally liable for the debts of the partnership. This is a basic feature of partnership embodied by partnership enterprises. A partnership enterprise is established on the basis of the personal property of the partners, and the partnership property belongs to the partners and is closely related to the personal property of the partners; A partnership enterprise is jointly operated by partners, and the risk is * * *. Each partner is required to protect the reputation of the partnership enterprise with his personal property and bear the debt liability of the partnership enterprise.
6. Partners * * * enjoy preferential treatment. This is the purpose of a partnership, in which * * * contributes capital, * * * operates and * * * bears risks, and the resulting operating results are shared by the partners * * *. The ownership and distribution of the profits of a partnership enterprise shall be determined according to the principle of * * * enjoying the benefits.
The seven basic characteristics of the above-mentioned partnership enterprise are the embodiment of the basic connotation of the partnership enterprise. From these seven aspects, we can distinguish the partnership from other forms of enterprises, as well as the economic and legal relations linked by these forms, so that the parties to the partnership can clearly define their own status and make others recognize the partnership.