TY - JOUR TI - Legal Forms of Running Business by Russian Entrepreneurs in China T2 - IS - AB - The article considers the issues related to the legal regulation of establishing enterprises with 100%Russian capital and Russian-Chinese enterprises on the territory of the People’s Republic of China.The establishment of enterprises with 100% Russian capital is studied on the example of a company with limited liability. This legal form is most frequently chosen by Russian entrepreneurs as it is identical formally to the widespread in the Russian Federation limited liability company. However, despite the similarities, a limited liability company in China and a limited liability company in Russia have a number of substantial differences which have been identified in the comparative analysis of the principal legalcharacteristics of these entities and are seen in a different order of formation and the size of the sharecapital, organization of management etc. These differences should be taken into account by Russian investors to minimize risks and avoid misperception on the legal aspects of doing business in China.The paper also discusses regulatory features of establishing joint Russian-Chinese enterprises whichare of two types — contract (cooperative) joint ventures and share joint ventures. The conducted research allowed revealing the advantages and disadvantages of each form of doing business in questionby Russian businessmen in China. For example, establishing an enterprise with 100% Russiancapital is quite a lengthy and costly (a large size of the authorized capital) process, but the advantages are a convenient control system with the possibility of delegating powers to the employees, the abilityto select the co-founders irrespective of nation, in addition to Russia, the risk of loss of property only to the extent of the share in authorized capital makes it attractive for Russian investors. In case of unwillingness or lack of financial ability to run an individual business, China’s domestic investors may join such a venture selecting one of the two types of joint ventures. Share joint ventures run is subjectto the law. Contractual joint ventures are largely governed by the agreement on contractual enterprise. AU - Olga Bezin AU - Evgeniya Ryabinina UR - https://law-journal.hse.ru/en/2016--2/186620436.html PY - 2016 SP - 200-211 VL -