新《公司法》中英双语对照（一）

我国现行《公司法》于1993年12月29日由八届全国人大常委会第五次会议通过，自1994年7月1日起施行。2023年12月29日，第十四届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第七次会议审议通过修订后的《公司法》，于2024年7月1日起施行。
相隔三十年，在同一时间通过和施行，本次修订致敬《公司法》三十周年，而立之年的《公司法》迈向新时代新征程。
即日起，至正律所“一带一路”专业委员会将陆续推出中英双语对照版的新《公司法》全文，与业内同行和广大法律英语爱好者一起交流学习。
《中华人民共和国公司法》
Company Law of the People's Republic of China
（1993年12月29日第八届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第五次会议通过 根据1999年12月25日第九届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十三次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国公司法〉的决定》第一次修正根据2004年8月28日第十届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十一次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国公司法〉的决定》第二次修正 2005年10月27日第十届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第十八次会议第一次修订 根据2013年12月28日第十二届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国海洋环境保护法〉等七部法律的决定》第三次修正 根据2018年10月26日第十三届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第六次会议《关于修改〈中华人民共和国公司法〉的决定》第四次修正 2023年12月29日第十四届全国人民代表大会常务委员会第七次会议第二次修订）
(Adopted at the 5th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Eighth National People's Congress on December 29, 1993; first revised according to the "Decision on Revising the Company Law of the People's Republic of China" at the 13th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Ninth National People's Congress on December 25, 1999; second revised according to the "Decision on Revising the Company Law of the People's Republic of China" at the 11th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on August 28, 2004; first revised at the 18th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress on October 27, 2005; third revised according to the "Decision on Revising the Marine Environmental Protection Law and Other Seven Laws of the People's Republic of China" at the 6th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Twelfth National People's Congress on December 28, 2013; fourth revised according to the "Decision on Revising the Company Law of the People's Republic of China" at the 6th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People's Congress on October 26, 2018; second revised at the 7th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Fourteenth National People's Congress on December 29, 2023.)
目录
Contents
第一章 总则
Chapter I General Provisions
第二章 公司登记
Chapter II Company Registration
第三章 有限责任公司的设立和组织机构
Chapter III Establishment and Organizational Structure of Limited Liability Companies
第一节 设立
Section 1 Establishment
第二节 组织机构
Section 2 Organizational Structure
第四章 有限责任公司的股权转让
Chapter IV Transfer of Equity of Limited Liability Companies
第五章 股份有限公司的设立和组织机构
Chapter V Establishment and Organizational Structure of Joint-Stock Limited Companies
第一节 设立
Section 1 Establishment
第二节 股东会
Section 2 Shareholders' Meeting
第三节 董事会、经理
Section 3 Board of Directors, Manager
第四节 监事会
Section 4 Supervisory Board
第五节 上市公司组织机构的特别规定
Section 5 Special Provisions on the Organizational Structure of Listed Companies
第六章 股份有限公司的股份发行和转让
Chapter VI Issuance and Transfer of Shares of Joint-Stock Limited Companies
第一节 股份发行
Section 1 Issuance of Shares
第二节 股份转让
Section 2 Transfer of Shares
第七章 国家出资公司组织机构的特别规定
Chapter VII Special Provisions on the Organizational Structure of State-Invested Companies
第八章 公司董事、监事、高级管理人员的资格和义务
Chapter VIII Qualifications and Duties of Directors, Supervisors, and Senior Management Personnel
第九章 公司债券
Chapter IX Corporate Bonds
第十章 公司财务、会计
Chapter X Finance and Accounting of Companies
第十一章 公司合并、分立、增资、减资
Chapter XI Merger, Division, Increase, and Decrease of Capital of Companies
第十二章 公司解散和清算
Chapter XII Dissolution and Liquidation of Companies
第十三章 外国公司的分支机构
Chapter XIII Branches of Foreign Companies
第十四章 法律责任
Chapter XIV Legal Liability
第十五章 附则
Chapter XV Supplementary Provisions
第一章 总则
Chapter I General Provisions
第一条
为了规范公司的组织和行为，保护公司、股东、职工和债权人的合法权益，完善中国特色现代企业制度，弘扬企业家精神，维护社会经济秩序，促进社会主义市场经济的发展，根据宪法，制定本法。
Article 1
This Law is enacted in accordance with the Constitution to regulate the organization and activities of companies, to protect the legitimate rights and interests of companies, shareholders, employees, and creditors, to improve the modern corporate system with Chinese characteristics, to promote the entrepreneurial spirit, to safeguard the social and economic order, and to promote the development of the socialist market economy.
第二条
本法所称公司，是指依照本法在中华人民共和国境内设立的有限责任公司和股份有限公司。
Article 2
For the purposes of this Law, the term "company" refers to limited liability companies and joint-stock limited companies established within the territory of the People's Republic of China in accordance with this Law.
第三条
公司是企业法人，有独立的法人财产，享有法人财产权。公司以其全部财产对公司的债务承担责任。公司的合法权益受法律保护，不受侵犯。
Article 3
A company is an enterprise legal person with independent corporate assets and enjoys property rights of legal persons. A company is liable for its debts with all of its assets. The lawful rights and interests of a company are protected by law and shall not be infringed.
第四条
有限责任公司的股东以其认缴的出资额为限对公司承担责任；股份有限公司的股东以其认购的股份为限对公司承担责任。公司股东对公司依法享有资产收益、参与重大决策和选择管理者等权利。
Article 4
Shareholders of a limited liability company are liable to the company to the extent of their respective capital contributions; shareholders of a joint-stock limited company are liable to the company to the extent of the shares they hold. Shareholders have the rights to enjoy the company's profits, participate in major decisions, and choose managers, etc., in accordance with the law.
第五条
设立公司应当依法制定公司章程。公司章程对公司、股东、董事、监事、高级管理人员具有约束力。
Article 5
A company shall formulate articles of association in accordance with the law when it is established. The articles of association are binding upon the company, shareholders, directors, supervisors, and senior management personnel.
第六条
公司应当有自己的名称。公司名称应当符合国家有关规定。公司的名称权受法律保护。
Article 6
A company shall have its own name, which shall comply with relevant national regulations. The right to the company's name is protected by law.
第七条
依照本法设立的有限责任公司，应当在公司名称中标明有限责任公司或者有限公司字样。依照本法设立的股份有限公司，应当在公司名称中标明股份有限公司或者股份公司字样。
Article 7
A limited liability company established in accordance with this Law shall indicate "Limited Liability Company" or "Limited Company" in its name. A joint-stock limited company established in accordance with this Law shall indicate "Joint-stock Limited Company" or "Joint-stock Company" in its name.
第八条
公司以其主要办事机构所在地为住所。
Article 8
The domicile of a company is the location of its principal office.
第九条
公司的经营范围由公司章程规定。公司可以修改公司章程，变更经营范围。公司的经营范围中属于法律、行政法规规定须经批准的项目，应当依法经过批准。
Article 9
The business scope of a company is stipulated by its articles of association. A company may amend its articles of association and change its business scope. Items within the business scope of a company that are subject to approval as prescribed by laws and administrative regulations shall be approved in accordance with the law.
第十条
公司的法定代表人按照公司章程的规定，由代表公司执行公司事务的董事或者经理担任。担任法定代表人的董事或者经理辞任的，视为同时辞去法定代表人。法定代表人辞任的，公司应当在法定代表人辞任之日起三十日内确定新的法定代表人。
Article 10
The legal representative of a company shall, in accordance with the provisions of the articles of association, be the director or manager who represents the company in executing its affairs. The resignation of a director or manager who serves as the legal representative shall be deemed as simultaneous resignation from the position of legal representative. When the legal representative resigns, the company shall determine a new legal representative within thirty days from the date of resignation of the legal representative.
第十一条
法定代表人以公司名义从事的民事活动，其法律后果由公司承受。公司章程或者股东会对法定代表人职权的限制，不得对抗善意相对人。法定代表人因执行职务造成他人损害的，由公司承担民事责任。公司承担民事责任后，依照法律或者公司章程的规定，可以向有过错的法定代表人追偿。
Article 11
The legal consequences of civil activities engaged in by the legal representative in the name of the company shall be borne by the company. Restrictions on the authority of the legal representative stipulated in the articles of association or by the shareholders' meeting shall not be asserted against a bona fide counterpart. If the legal representative causes damage to others while performing his duties, the company shall bear civil liability. After the company assumes civil liability, it may, in accordance with the law or the provisions of the articles of association, seek compensation from the legal representative who is at fault.
第十二条
有限责任公司变更为股份有限公司，应当符合本法规定的股份有限公司的条件。股份有限公司变更为有限责任公司，应当符合本法规定的有限责任公司的条件。有限责任公司变更为股份有限公司的，或者股份有限公司变更为有限责任公司的，公司变更前的债权、债务由变更后的公司承继。
Article 12
A limited liability company that is changed into a joint-stock limited company shall meet the conditions for joint-stock limited companies as prescribed by this Law. A joint-stock limited company that is changed into a limited liability company shall meet the conditions for limited liability companies as prescribed by this Law. The rights and debts of a company before the change from a limited liability company to a joint-stock limited company or from a joint-stock limited company to a limited liability company shall be inherited by the company after the change.
第十三条
公司可以设立子公司。子公司具有法人资格，依法独立承担民事责任。公司可以设立分公司。分公司不具有法人资格，其民事责任由公司承担。
Article 13
A company may establish subsidiaries. Subsidiaries have the status of legal persons and independently bear civil liabilities according to law. A company may establish branches. Branches do not have the status of legal persons, and their civil liabilities shall be borne by the company.
第十四条
公司可以向其他企业投资。法律规定公司不得成为对所投资企业的债务承担连带责任的出资人的，从其规定。
Article 14
A company may invest in other enterprises. Where laws stipulate that a company may not be an investor that bears joint and several liability for the debts of the invested enterprise, such provisions shall prevail.
第十五条
公司向其他企业投资或者为他人提供担保，按照公司章程的规定，由董事会或者股东会决议；公司章程对投资或者担保的总额及单项投资或者担保的数额有限额规定的，不得超过规定的限额。公司为公司股东或者实际控制人提供担保的，应当经股东会决议。前款规定的股东或者受前款规定的实际控制人支配的股东，不得参加前款规定事项的表决。该项表决由出席会议的其他股东所持表决权的过半数通过。
Article 15
When a company invests in other enterprises or provides guarantees for others, it shall be resolved by the board of directors or the shareholders' meeting in accordance with the provisions of the company's articles of association; if the company's articles of association stipulate limits on the total amount of investment or guarantees and the amount of individual investments or guarantees, such limits shall not be exceeded. When a company provides a guarantee for its shareholders or actual controller, it shall be resolved by the shareholders' meeting. Shareholders specified in the preceding paragraph or those controlled by the actual controller specified in the preceding paragraph shall not participate in the vote on the matters specified in the preceding paragraph. Such a resolution shall be passed by a majority of the voting rights held by the other shareholders present at the meeting.
第十六条
公司应当保护职工的合法权益，依法与职工签订劳动合同，参加社会保险，加强劳动保护，实现安全生产。公司应当采用多种形式，加强公司职工的职业教育和岗位培训，提高职工素质。
Article 16
A company shall protect the lawful rights and interests of employees, sign labor contracts with them according to law, participate in social insurance, strengthen labor protection, and ensure safety in production. The company shall adopt various forms to enhance the vocational education and job training of its employees and improve their quality.
第十七条
公司职工依照《中华人民共和国工会法》组织工会，开展工会活动，维护职工合法权益。公司应当为本公司工会提供必要的活动条件。公司工会代表职工就职工的劳动报酬、工作时间、休息休假、劳动安全卫生和保险福利等事项依法与公司签订集体合同。
公司依照宪法和有关法律的规定，建立健全以职工代表大会为基本形式的民主管理制度，通过职工代表大会或者其他形式，实行民主管理。
公司研究决定改制、解散、申请破产以及经营方面的重大问题、制定重要的规章制度时，应当听取公司工会的意见，并通过职工代表大会或者其他形式听取职工的意见和建议。
Article 17
Employees of a company shall organize trade unions and carry out trade union activities in accordance with the Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the employees. The company shall provide necessary conditions for the activities of its trade union. The trade union of the company shall, on behalf of the employees, sign collective contracts with the company in accordance with the law on matters such as employees' remuneration, working hours, rest and vacations, labor safety and health, and insurance benefits.
The company shall establish and improve a democratic management system, which takes the employees' representative assembly as the basic form, in accordance with the Constitution and relevant laws, and implement democratic management through the employees' representative assembly or other forms.
When deliberating on decisions concerning restructuring, dissolution, bankruptcy application, and other major issues related to operations and the formulation of important rules and regulations, the company shall listen to the opinions of the company's trade union and seek the opinions and suggestions of the employees through the employees' representative assembly or other forms.
第十八条
在公司中，根据中国共产党章程的规定，设立中国共产党的组织，开展党的活动。公司应当为党组织的活动提供必要条件。
Article 18
In the company, organizations of the Communist Party of China shall be established and carry out Party activities in accordance with the Constitution of the Communist Party of China. The company shall provide necessary conditions for the activities of the Party organizations.
第十九条
公司从事经营活动，应当遵守法律法规，遵守社会公德、商业道德，诚实守信，接受政府和社会公众的监督。
Article 19
In conducting its business activities, a company shall abide by laws and regulations, adhere to social and business ethics, act in good faith, and accept the supervision of the government and the public.
第二十条
公司从事经营活动，应当充分考虑公司职工、消费者等利益相关者的利益以及生态环境保护等社会公共利益，承担社会责任。
国家鼓励公司参与社会公益活动，公布社会责任报告。
Article 20
In conducting its business activities, a company shall give full consideration to the interests of stakeholders such as its employees and consumers, as well as public interests such as ecological and environmental protection, and undertake social responsibilities.
The state encourages companies to participate in social welfare activities and to disclose social responsibility reports.
第二十一条
公司股东应当遵守法律、行政法规和公司章程，依法行使股东权利，不得滥用股东权利损害公司或者其他股东的利益。
公司股东滥用股东权利给公司或者其他股东造成损失的，应当承担赔偿责任。
Article 21
Shareholders of a company shall abide by laws, administrative regulations, and the articles of association of the company and exercise their rights as shareholders in accordance with the law. They shall not abuse their rights as shareholders to the detriment of the company or other shareholders.
Shareholders who abuse their rights and cause losses to the company or other shareholders shall bear liability for compensation.
第二十二条
公司的控股股东、实际控制人、董事、监事、高级管理人员不得利用关联关系损害公司利益。
违反前款规定，给公司造成损失的，应当承担赔偿责任。
Article 22
The controlling shareholders, actual controllers, directors, supervisors, and senior management personnel of a company shall not use their related relationships to harm the interests of the company.
Those who violate the provisions of the preceding paragraph and cause losses to the company shall bear liability for compensation.
第二十三条
公司股东滥用公司法人独立地位和股东有限责任，逃避债务，严重损害公司债权人利益的，应当对公司债务承担连带责任。
股东利用其控制的两个以上公司实施前款规定行为的，各公司应当对任一公司的债务承担连带责任。
只有一个股东的公司，股东不能证明公司财产独立于股东自己的财产的，应当对公司债务承担连带责任。
Article 23
Shareholders who abuse the independent status of the company as a legal person and the limited liability of shareholders to evade debts and seriously damage the interests of the company's creditors shall bear joint and several liability for the company's debts.
If shareholders use two or more companies they control to carry out the acts specified in the preceding paragraph, each of the companies shall bear joint and several liability for the debts of any one of the companies.
In a company with only one shareholder, if the shareholder cannot prove that the company's assets are independent of the shareholder's own assets, the shareholder shall bear joint and several liability for the company's debts.
第二十四条
公司股东会、董事会、监事会召开会议和表决可以采用电子通信方式，公司章程另有规定的除外。
Article 24
Meetings and voting of the shareholders' meeting, the board of directors, and the supervisory board of a company may be conducted by means of electronic communication, except as otherwise provided in the articles of association of the company.
第二十五条
公司股东会、董事会的决议内容违反法律、行政法规的无效。
Article 25
Resolutions of the shareholders' meeting and the board of directors that violate laws and administrative regulations are invalid.
第二十六条
公司股东会、董事会的会议召集程序、表决方式违反法律、行政法规或者公司章程，或者决议内容违反公司章程的，股东自决议作出之日起六十日内，可以请求人民法院撤销。但是，股东会、董事会的会议召集程序或者表决方式仅有轻微瑕疵，对决议未产生实质影响的除外。
未被通知参加股东会会议的股东自知道或者应当知道股东会决议作出之日起六十日内，可以请求人民法院撤销；自决议作出之日起一年内没有行使撤销权的，撤销权消灭。
Article 26
If the convening procedures or voting methods of the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors violate laws, administrative regulations, or the company's articles of association, or if the content of the resolution violates the company's articles of association, shareholders may request the people's court to revoke the resolution within sixty days from the date of the resolution. However, if the convening procedures or voting methods of the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors have only minor flaws that do not substantially affect the resolution, they are excluded.
Shareholders who were not notified to attend the shareholders' meeting may request the people's court to revoke the resolution within sixty days from the date they knew or should have known the resolution was made; if the right to revoke is not exercised within one year from the date the resolution was made, the right to revoke is extinguished.
第二十七条
有下列情形之一的，公司股东会、董事会的决议不成立：
（一）未召开股东会、董事会会议作出决议；
（二）股东会、董事会会议未对决议事项进行表决；
（三）出席会议的人数或者所持表决权数未达到本法或者公司章程规定的人数或者所持表决权数；
（四）同意决议事项的人数或者所持表决权数未达到本法或者公司章程规定的人数或者所持表决权数。
Article 27
A resolution of the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors shall not be established if any of the following circumstances exist:
(1) A resolution is made without convening a shareholders' meeting or a board of directors meeting;
(2) The shareholders' meeting or the board of directors meeting did not vote on the resolution matter;
(3) The number of attendees or the number of voting rights held did not reach the number stipulated by this Law or the company's articles of association;
(4) The number of people or the number of voting rights agreeing to the resolution matter did not reach the number stipulated by this Law or the company's articles of association.
第二十八条
公司股东会、董事会决议被人民法院宣告无效、撤销或者确认不成立的，公司应当向公司登记机关申请撤销根据该决议已办理的登记。
股东会、董事会决议被人民法院宣告无效、撤销或者确认不成立的，公司根据该决议与善意相对人形成的民事法律关系不受影响。
Article 28
If a resolution of the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors is declared null and void, revoked, or confirmed as not established by the People's Court, the company shall apply to the company registration authority to cancel the registration made based on that resolution.
If a resolution of the shareholders' meeting or the board of directors is declared null and void, revoked, or confirmed as not established by the People's Court, the civil legal relationship formed by the company with a bona fide counterparty based on that resolution shall not be affected.
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