文档介绍：Law of the People's Republic of China on Partnerships ( Adopted at the 24th Meeting of the mittee of the Eighth National People's Congress on February 23, 1997 and amended at the 23rd Meeting of the mittee of the Tenth National People's Congress on August 27, 2006 ) Contents Chapter I General Provisions Chapter II General Partnerships Section 1 Establishment ofa Partnership Section 2 Property ofa Partnership Section 3 Management of Partnership Affairs Section 4 Relationship ofa Partnership toa Third Party Section 5 Entering into and Retiring from a Partnership Section 6 Specialized General Partnerships Chapter III Limited Liability Partnerships Chapter IV Dissolution and Liquidation ofa Partnership Chapter V Legal Liability Chapter VI Supplementary Provisions Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 This Law is enacted in order to regulate the behavior of partnerships, to protect the lawful rights and interests of partnerships and the partners and creditors therein, to maintain social and economic order, and to promote the development of the socialist market economy. Article 2 For the purposes of this Law, “ partnerships ” refer to both general partnerships and limited liability partnerships, both of which are established according to this Law by natural persons, legal persons or anizations within the territory of China. A general partnership posed of general partners who bear unlimited joint and several liability for the debts of the partnership. Where there are special provisions in this Law on the forms of liability borne by general partners, those provisions shall prevail. A limited liability partnership posed of general partners and limited partners, with the former bearing unlimited joint and several liability for the debts of the partnership and the latter bearing liability for such debts respectively within the limits of the capital contributions subscribed for. Article 3A wholly State-pany, a State-owned enterprise, a pany, ora public welfare undertaking or a