建立有中国特色的独立董事制度

Establishment of Independent Directors System with Chinese Characteristics

鉴于我国现有的大多数上市公司是由国有大中型企业改制转换而来,独特的产生背景,决定了上市公司产权治理结构的特点是缺乏有效的监督制衡机制。据调查资料显示上市公司董事会成员中来自大股东的董事占50%以上,董事会成员被大股东控制事实上成为了一种普遍现象,这也正是一些不正常关联交易得以合法通过的原因之所在。这样既保证不了中小股东的利益,也不利于董事会决策的独立性、科学性和开放性。文章通过分析我国现有上市公司中董事会存在的几方面问题与现状,解答了独立董事的特点及作用,认识到设立独立董事的必要性,进而提出了从五个方面建立与完善独立董事制度的对策思考。

Because most of the public listed companies are formed from state owned large and medium enterprises, it is lack of effective supervision and power balance mechanism during property right management. The statistics data shows that above 50% of the directors are major shareholders. It is common that the directors are controlled by major shareholders in fact, which leads to some unfair connected transactions are passed legally. It is not good for the benefit of minor shareholders and against the independent, scientific, and open decision of the Board of Directors. This paper emphasizes the importance of independent directors and brings up countermeasures to establish and improve the system of independent directors in 5 points by analyzing the current status and issues of Board and the features and functions of independent directors.