What is an enterprise?

An enterprise is a profit-making economic organization that is engaged in economic activities such as production, circulation and service, meets social needs with production or service, operates independently and accounts independently, is established according to law, and has the qualification of Economic legal.

Traditional enterprises are mostly labor-intensive, while modern high-tech enterprises are mostly knowledge-based creative enterprises, and Chinese enterprises are transforming into knowledge-based economy.

In short, an enterprise refers to an economic organization established in accordance with the law for profit and engaged in independent accounting of commodity production, management and service activities.

It should be noted that-

Company: a profit-making enterprise legal person established in accordance with the Company Law. The concept of enterprise is greater than that of company.

Classification of enterprises: (1) It is divided into sole proprietorship enterprises, partnership enterprises and corporate enterprises according to the mode and responsibility of investors.

(2) According to different investors: domestic-funded enterprises, foreign-invested enterprises and enterprises invested by businessmen from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

(3) According to the ownership structure, it can be divided into enterprises owned by the whole people, collective enterprises and private enterprises.

Company classification (1) Divides the person in charge of the company by shareholders; Unlimited liability company, limited liability company, joint stock limited company.

(two) according to the credit rating, joint ventures, associated companies and associated companies.

(3) parent company and subsidiary company

In the category of commodity economy, as one of the various modes of organizational unit, an organic economic entity, according to certain organizational rules, generally aims at profit and takes the maximization of the interests of investors, customers, employees and the public as its mission, and exchanges income by providing products or services. It is the product of social development, and develops with the development of social division of labor.