It means that an institution or organization is subordinate or dependent on another institution or organization.

In the case of the construction industry, it means that a construction company allows others to use its own name to undertake external projects within a certain period of time. Allow others to use their own name for the enterprise is dependent on the enterprise, the corresponding use of the name of the enterprise is dependent on the enterprise or individual engaged in business activities (individual entrepreneurs and other business behavior of the natural person) for the dependents.

The effectiveness of the "dependent" behavior between the dependents and the dependent enterprise:

Courts around the world in the trial of disputes involving the dependents, for the dependents and the dependent enterprise signed a "cooperation agreement," "subcontracting agreement" or "internal contracting agreement" are generally recognized as invalid. are recognized as invalid.

Article 4 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court on the Application of Law to the Trial of Disputes over Construction Contracts clearly stipulates that "the illegal subcontracting or illegal subcontracting of construction works by contractors, or the signing of a construction contract by an unqualified person who has borrowed the name of a qualified building construction company with others is invalid. The people's court may, in accordance with the provisions of Article 134 of the General Principles of Civil Law, collect the illegal gains that the parties have made.