PartⅠ Agenda
Opening Ceremony ............................................................ / 3
First Session: Keynote Speeches ............................................. / 9
Second Session: The Conception and Principles of Modernizing ................ / 14
Third Session: Corporate Governance and Modernizing Company Law ............. / 15
Forth Session: Equity Transfer and Capital System of the Company ............ / 21
Fifth Session: Modernizing Company Law under Comparative Perspectives (I) .. / 28
Sixth Session: Modernizing Company Law under Comparative Perspectives (II) .. / 29
Seventh Session: The Duties of Controlling Shareholders and Protection of
Minority Shareholders ................................................... / 33
Eighth Session: The Amendment and Modernization of Company Law .............. / 39
Closing Ceremony ............................................................ / 47
PartⅡ Speeches
First Session: Keynote Speeches ............................................. / 51
Japanese Corporate Governance: A Historical View Regulatory Proposals
............................................. Prof. Kenjirou egashira / 51
Second Session: The Conception and Principles of Modernizing ................ / 53
Modernizing Company Law—Who’s Job? The Legislator’s, the Courts,
Private Parties? ................................. Prof.Helmut Kohl / 53
The Steering Thinking of the Amendment of Company Law under the
Perspective of the Forprofit Nature and Social Responsibility of
the Company ......................................... Prof. FAN Jian / 61
The Essential Goals and Value Orientation of the Amendment of Company
Law .............................................. Prof.ZHAO Xudong / 64
Opinions on the Construction of Notion on Companys Legal Personality
............................................ GAO ZaimingWANG Yanchuan / 68
Perfecting the Securities System - in the Perspective of Securities Legal
system and Innovative Authorities of Securities Types ... LU Wenshan / 78
Third Session: Corporate Governance and Modernizing Company Law ............. / 85
The Auditor System of Japanese Enterprises ......... Prof.Michio hamada / 85
Recent Changes in the Governance Structure of South Korean Joint Stock
Companies - in the Center of Executive and Supervisory Organs
.............................................. Prof.Chan Hyung Chung / 89
Examination and Reform of China’s Legislation on Representative
System of the Company ............................ Prof.XIE Chaobin / 100
The New Thought way of Approaches of Accountability of Directors in
Joint-equity Companies ................... Prof.WU Jianbin, Wu Lande / 119
On the Problem of Marginizaing the Independent Director System of
China’s Listed CompaniesAssociate .............. Prof.LI Mingliang / 128
The Continuance and Abrogation of the Legal Representative System of
Chinese Joint Stock Companies .............................. YANG Ji / 137
Jurisprudence Analysis on the Defects of the Directorate and the
Committee System ........................................ XIE Zengyi / 148
Studies on Fiduciary System for Shareholders’ Voting
.............................................. XIAO Haijun, DENG feng / 159
Disposal of Deadlock Situations of the Corporate under American Law and
the Revelation to the Amendment of PRC Company Law ...... BAO Weimin / 174
Forth Session: Equity Transfer and Capital System of the Company ............ / 185
Single-Member Companies: Cloning of a Businessman ......... Manfred Wolf / 185
Discussion on Equity Transfer and Single-Member Companies
................................................... Prof.LIU Jingwei / 201
Several Thoughts on the System of Authorized Capital
................................................. Prof.Chihiro nunoi / 208
The Tendency of Relaxing Capital System of the Company and Protection
of Creditors ....................................... Prof.ZHU Ciyun / 213
On the Conditions of Equity Transfer in a Limited Liability Company
.......................................... Prof.ZHAO Wanyi, Wu Minxu / 225
Can Capital Surplus Offset Loss? - Criticism on Article 179 of PRC
Company Law ................................................ LIU Yan / 233
Studies on Several Problems on the Re-purchase of Shares by the Company
.............................................. JIANG Yichun, CHEN Yan / 242
Studies on Shareholders’ Obligation of Contribution during the
Establishment of the Company ............................. YANG Fang / 249
The Amendments and Improvements of the Legal System of Assignment
of Shares ................................................. WANG Rui / 274
Fifth Session: Modernizing Company Law under Comparative Perspectives (Ⅰ) . / 288
Modernising Company Law: Perspectives From The UK ..... Prof.Ben Pettet / 288
Modernisation of Company Laws in a Time of Globalisation and
International Terrorism ............................. John H.Farrar / 301
China’s Corporate Law in Comparative Perspective
—from the viewpoint of the convenience of incorporation and
management ................................... Prof.chul song lee / 314
A Comparison between the General Principles of Company Law of China
Mainland and TaiwanProf................................ LIANG Yuxian / 318
The Reform and Tendency of Hong Kong Company Law
................................................. Prof.ZHANG Xianchu / 343
Studies on the Functions of Shareholders’ Representative Action System
in the Perspective of Comparative Law .................. LI Xiaoning / 354
Sixth Session: Modernizing Company Law under Comparative Perspectives (Ⅱ) . / 366
Modernising Australian Company Law:A Case Study of the Corporate Law
Economic Reform Program .............................. Roman Tomasic / 366
The $1 Company in Hong KONG ....................... Thomas SHIU tsung So / 375
The Recent Reception and Settlement of the Foreign Legal Systems in
Korean Corporation Law ......................... Prof.June-Sun Choi / 387
A Study Report on the Amendment of China’s Company Law
..................................................... Prof.ZHOU Yousu / 398
China’s Company Law under the Perspective of Modernisation- the
Perplexity and Reflections on the Amendments of PRC Company Law
....................................................... Prof.FENG Guo / 422
The Effect of US Sarbanes-Oxley Act 2002 on the Modernisation of
Company Law ......................................... Dr.CHEN Fengfu / 429
Reformation of PRC Company Law - Comparison and Lessons from the
Experience of Eastern Asia ............................ XI Longsheng / 444
On the Social Responsibilities of Companies- Also on the Legislative
Choice of PRC Company Law ................................ LUAN Peng / 460
Seventh Session: The Duties of Controlling Shareholders and Protection of
Minority Shareholders ................................................... / 472
The Alteration of the Company’s Share Capital and Protection of Opposing
Shareholders ........................................... Prof.YE Lin / 472
Protection of Minority Shareholders in a Closed-ended Company
Associate ....................................... Prof.WANG Zhicheng / 475
Optimizing Corporate Governance to Protect the Interests of Minority
Shareholders- Tendency of Modernisation of the Reformation of
Indonesian Company Law ............................ Dr.XUE Zhanglin / 511
The Fiduciary Duties of Controlling Shareholders An Importation from
American Law? ........................................ Dr.TANG Xin / 534
Protection of Opposing Shareholders-The Essential Aspect of the
Structure of Shareholder’s Rights Associate .... Prof.JIANG Daxing / 546
Studies on Oppression and Remedies in Limited Liability Companies
.......................................................... XU Hongtao / 556
Duty of Goodfaith of the Controlling Shareholders: Analysis on the
Comparative Laws and Suggestions on the Legislation of China
........................................................... HUANG Hui / 570
Jurisprudence Basis and Value Analysis on Protection of Minority
Shareholders’ With Reference to US Theory and Practice . HUANG Jian / 580
Eighth Session: The Amendment and Modernization of Company Law .............. / 592
The Modernization of Japan’s Company Law Proposed to be Implemented
in 2005 ..................................... Prof.Kenjirou egashira / 592
Legislative Policy and Modernization of China’s Company Law
................................................... Prof.WANG Baoshu / 596
The Liberalism and Legal Policy of Company Law........ Prof.SHI Tiantao / 601
Modernization of Company Law ........................... Prof.LIU Junhai / 610
On the Realization of Modernization and Self-government of Company Law
in a Booming and Transforming Era - Also on Perfecting the System of
Rules on the Governance of Listed Companies of the PRC .. LU Wenshan / 621
Japan’s New Commercial Law and the Reformation of the Company
Supervisory System .................................... CAI Yuanqing / 628
This book is dedicated to the profound analysis and discussion on problems in concept innovation and institutional modernization of the Company Law during the economic transition. It focuses on the following aspects: firstly, the modernizing trend of foreign companies; secondly, study of PRC Company Law from the perspective of comparative law; thirdly, review and improvement of provisions in PRC Company Law.