Company law in China : regulation of business organizations in a socialist market economy / JiangYu Wang.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wang, Jiangyu, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Corporation law--China.

Corporation law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (406 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing Limited, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This accessible book offer a comprehensive and critical introduction to the law on business organizations in the People's Republic of China. The coverage focuses on the 2005-adopted PRC Company Law and the most recent legislative and regulatory developments in the company law landscape in China. The book covers a wide range of topics including the definitions of companies as compared with other forms of business organizations, incorporation, shareholders rights and legal remedies, corporate governance (including the fiduciary and other duties and liabilities of directors, supervisors and manag

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface and acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Overview of the company law regime in China; 2. Types of companies in the diverse world of business organizations in China; 3. Corporate legal personality and limited liability; 4. Formation of companies and the rules of capital maintenance; 5. Shareholders and their rights; 6. The general corporate governance and management structure; 7. Fiduciary duties of directors, supervisors, and management executives; 8. Shareholders' litigation; 9. Offering and trading of shares in joint-stock limited companies

10. Financial affairs, accounting, and profit distribution11. Mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers; 12. Corporate dissolution, liquidation, and bankruptcy; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-84980-573-3