A Study On The Legal Protection Mechanism Of Minority Shareholders' Equity

As the economy continues to develop, more and more people pay attention to the company, which is an important form of corporate entity. With continuous development of China’s capital market in decades, there is a great boost for companies’development and the companies are enjoying finance service more conveniently.But at the same time, conflict of interest issues of minority shareholders and controlling shareholders become increasingly prominent. More researches in legal field focus on the protection of the interests of minority shareholders. The new Companies Act, the securities Act and other laws regulations are drafted to protect the interests of minority-shareholder, and our country has made some progress on the legislative mechanisms. As the Companies Act legislation start later than the western world, the company legislation system is not ripe for the developing company. Some flaws in practice still exist, it is necessary improve further in-depth study on the protection of the interests of minority shareholders, especially the perfection of company law legislation.I chose six angles to study the shareholders’ rights, such as right to dividends, the audit right, right to address question, the right to vote, as well as shareholder representative lawsuit, base on legislative status quo from the Law in China, I try to find the problem, learn from foreign legislative and scholars point of view to solve the problem, and finally propose legislation recommendations.