---
kind: "unit"
title: "15"
title_heading: "Commerce and Trade"
key: "ch4"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 4"
heading: "China Trade"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/15/ch4"
sections_count: 24
---

# Chapter 4 — China Trade

Title 15 — Commerce and Trade

## Sections

- [§141. Short title](/usc/15/141.md)
- [§142. Definitions](/usc/15/142.md)
- [§143. Registrar; designation; station; supervision by Secretary of Commerce](/usc/15/143.md)
- [§144. China trade corporations](/usc/15/144.md)
- [§144a. Incorporation fee for perpetual existence](/usc/15/144a.md)
- [§145. Certificate of incorporation](/usc/15/145.md)
- [§146. General powers of corporation](/usc/15/146.md)
- [§146a. Jurisdiction of suits by or against China Trade Act corporation](/usc/15/146a.md)
- [§147. Stock; issuance at par value](/usc/15/147.md)
- [§148. Payment of stock in real or personal property](/usc/15/148.md)
- [§149. Bylaws](/usc/15/149.md)
- [§150. Stockholders’ meetings](/usc/15/150.md)
- [§151. Directors](/usc/15/151.md)
- [§152. Reports; records for public inspection](/usc/15/152.md)
- [§153. Dividends](/usc/15/153.md)
- [§154. Investigations by registrar; revocation of certificate of incorporation](/usc/15/154.md)
- [§155. Authority of registrar in obtaining evidence](/usc/15/155.md)
- [§156. Dissolution of corporation; trustees](/usc/15/156.md)
- [§157. Regulations and fees; disposition of fees and penalties](/usc/15/157.md)
- [§158. False or fraudulent statements prohibited; penalties](/usc/15/158.md)
- [§159. Unauthorized use of legend; penalty](/usc/15/159.md)
- [§160. Maintenance of agent for service](/usc/15/160.md)
- [§161. Alteration, amendment, or repeal](/usc/15/161.md)
- [§162. Creation of China corporations restricted](/usc/15/162.md)