The name of a Hong Kong company could be in English only or Chinese only or in both English and China. If the name is in English, it must be ended with "Limited", and if in Chinese, be ended with "有限公司".

Change of English name, change of Chinese name, addition of English name or addition of Chinese name are all regarded as change of company name and must go through the same procedures.

To effect a change in the name of a company (which includes the adoption or abandonment of a formal English or a Chinese version of the name), the Company should complete the procedures as below:

(1)	The shareholders must approve of the change in name by special resolution;
(2)	The new name must then be registered with the Registrar.

It normally takes about 5 working days from the time of the filing of the specified form giving notice of the change of name for the certificate of change of name to be issued. The change in name is effective from the date on such certificate.

After Companies Registry issued the Certificate on Change of Name, they will notify the Business Registration Office (of the Inland Revenue Department) for issuing a new Business Registration Certificate bearing the new company name to the registered office of the company. The Business Registration Office will issue the new certificate within 1 week after the company name has changed.

Also, the Company should order a new common seal and adopt the new seal as common seal of the Company by a board resolution if company have adopted a common seal before.