论股东大会的概念

On the Concept of Shareholders’ Meeting

股东大会作为由公司全体股东组成的对公司重大事务进行决策的机制在本质上并不是"机构",而是一种制度,是股东民主的制度形式。股东大会与政治国家中的立法机关(议会)具有本质性的差别,在理论上不能将其类比为立法机关(议会),而应当将其视为一种类似于"全民公决"的重大事项决策机制。股东大会作为股东民主的制度形式只能采用多数决的规则,决定了股东大会制度面临着与政治民主制度同样的问题,即如何保护少数派(股东)的利益。

The shareholders’ meeting, in which decisions on corporate major matters are made by participants of all shareholders, is by nature a system representing democracy of shareholders, rather than an ＂organization＂. Being essentially different from legislative departments （parliaments） in political nations, the shareholders’ meeting is a mechanism similar to the ＂referendum＂ deciding major matters. However, since the majority voting is implemented to grantee democracy of shareholders, similar to political democracy, how to protect minority shareholders’ interest is the major concern in shareholders’ meeting.