On The Legitimate Purpose And Improper Purpose Of The Exercise Of Shareholders' Right To Know

In recent years,we can find that the right to know disputes of shareholders include the subject of the right to know,the scope,conditions and methods of exercise,and the subject of obligations.In many disputes,the minds of the courts have been basically the same,but there are still differences of opinion on the legitimate purpose.Even if the Judicial Interpretation of Company Law(4)does not provide a solution,it is still left to judicial discretion.The disadvantages of different judgments in the same case may be caused by this,but it is also a place for theoretical research.In addition,ensuring that shareholders exercise their shareholder rights is the original meaning of the shareholder's right to know system.However,in China's economic development and judicial practice,lawsuits with companies,other shareholders,executives,or others are often collected evidence.Or in order to probe into the purpose of the company's trade secrets as shareholders 'exercise of the right to know,under the tendency of generalizing and normalizing this purpose,how to define the "legitimate purpose" of shareholders is also one of the problems that we need to solve in theory and practice.