The brands had to be public limited companies with liquid stock.

这些品牌必须是有流通股的股份有限公司。

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In the company law of China, there are mainly two kinds of companies: public limited company and limited liability company.

在我国公司法上，主要存在着两种公司形式：股份有限公司和有限责任公司。

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These costs and burdens have limited the ability of small and mid-sized companies to navigate the regulatory process and of the public to understand easily how the safety of these products is assured;

这些成本和负担限制了中小型企业操控了解监管流程的能力以及公众容易理解如何保证这些产品安全的能力；

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This year, moreover, there is an extra ingredient to consider: windfall payments from the conversion to public limited companies of big building societies and Norwich Union, a big insurer.

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Initially, for a period of four months, registration will be limited to public companies and trademark owners to avoid the risk of cybersquatters taking names which are not legally theirs.

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The problems aren't limited to public companies.

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