关于我国上市公司引入独立董事制度的法律思考

Legal reflection on the idependent director system introduced into share-holders'company in China

董事会的权力日益膨胀 ,为了防止此种权力的滥用而有必要对董事会的行为进行控制。本文将就我国上市公司引入独立董事制度的利弊进行法律分析并提供可资借鉴的经验和思路。这项制度的实施对于改善我国上市公司董事会结构 ,强化对内部董事及经理层的约束 ,减少乃至消除“内部人”控制带来的问题 ,保护中小股东及利益相关者的利益和保证公司的规范运作 ,都可能有积极的影响。

Based on the necessity to put the power of board of directors under control against its being abused, this paper makes a legal analysis in regard to the advantages and disadvantages of the independent director system introduced into share-holders' company in China. And it puts forward some experience and ideas to be used for reference. The system may have some positive influence on the improvement of the structure of board of directors for China's share-holders' companies, control over the inside directors and management, reducing and solving the problems resulted from 'insiders' control, protecting the interests of medium & small share-holders and the concerned people and ensuring normal operation of a company.