Introduction ............................................................./1
Chapter 1 General Statement ............................................./4
1.1 The Basic Theory of Corporate Governance ......................../4
1.2 The Importance of Corporate Governance ........................../14
1.3 Agency Cost and The Incentive Mechanisms to The Management ....../20
1.4 Conclusion ....................................................../26
Chapter 2 OECD Principles of Corporate Governance ......................./30
2.1 OECD Principles of Corporate Governance ........................./30
2.2 Shareholders’ Rights .........................................../33
2.3 Equal Treatment to Shareholders ................................./34
2.4 The Role of Stakeholders or Interested Person
in Corporate Governance ......................................../37
2.5 Requirement on Disclosure and Transparency ....................../39
2.6 Responsibilities of The Board of Directors ....................../43
2.7 Conclusion ....................................................../47
Chapter 3 Developments of Chinese Business in History .................../50
3.1 Preface ........................................................./50
3.2 The History of Chinese business ................................./51
3.3 Early Qing Dynasty and General Zheng Chenggong ................../52
3.4 Modern Enterprise in Late Qing Dynasty ........................../55
3.5 Period of Republic of China in Continent(1912-1949) ............./60
3.6 People’s Republic of China ...................................../62
3.7 Hong Kong ......................................................./65
3.8 Shanghai ......................................................../67
3.9 Conclusion ....................................................../73
Chapter 4 Cultural Element in China’s Corporate Governance ............./75
4.1 Confucianism ..................................................../75
4.2 Family Enterprise .............................................../79
4.3 The Advantage and Disadvantage of China’s
Family Enterprise ............................................../84
4.4 Corporate Governance in China’s Family Enterprise ............../91
4.5 Traditional Profit Organization in China-Old Chinese Firms ....../93
4.6 Inspirations From the Old Chinese Firms to
Corporate Governance Today ....................................../101
4.7 Conclusion ....................................................../107
Chapter 5 A Legal Perspective to China's Corporate Governance .........../110
5.1 Definition of Law in China ....................................../110
5.2 Concepts of Ownership and The State-owned Enterprise ............/111
5.3 Company Law of PRC and The Principles of
Corporate Governance to Listed Companies ........................./113
5.4 Independent Directors System ..................................../122
5.5 State-owned Enterprises and Its Corporate Governance ............/131
5.6 Conclusion ....................................................../152
Chapter 6 Taiwan-style Corporate Governance ............................./155
6.1 The Fundamental Framework of Taiwan-styled
Corporate Governance ............................................./156
6.2 Company Law of Taiwan .........................................../157
6.3 Securities Exchange Act and Corporate Governance ................/179
6.4 The Role of Securities and Futures Commission .................../182
6.5 Corporate Governance Best-Practice Principle
for TSEC/GTSM Listed Companies ................................../188
6.6 A good Corporate Governance Case in Taiwan:TSMC ................/191
6.7 Negative Case on Corporate Governance:Proccomp Infomatics ......./201
6.8 Conclusion ....................................................../209
Chapter 7 Corporate Governance in Hong Kong ............................./212
7.1 The Importance of Hong Kong ...................................../212
7.2 General Situation of Corporate Governance in Hong Kong ........../213
7.3 Organizations That Overseas Hong Kong’s
Corporate Governance requirement ................................/214
7.4 Problems Facing HK’s Corporate Governance ....................../218
7.5 Conclusion ....................................................../228
Chapter 8 Enron Incident ................................................/230
8.1 Enron Incident ................................................../230
8.2 Rethink About Enron ............................................./235
8.3 How Can We Prevent A Second Enron .............................../238
8.4 Will “Enron”Occur in China ..................................../242
8.5 Conclusion ....................................................../243
Chapter 9 Conclusion Chinese Model Corporate Governance ................./245
9.1 Exterior Mechanism of Chinese-style Corporate Governance ......../246
9.2 Interior Mechanism of Chinese-style Corporate Governance ......../248
9.3 Conclusion ....................................................../250
Reference ................................................................/252
The book is devoted to a reflection of Chinese corporate governance pattern. The author puts forward the possibility in establishing a model of corporate governance with Chinese features on the basis of both good and bad practices on corporate governance in Chinese traditional stores, foreign companies, OECD corporations, Taiwan and Hong Kong companies.