环球律师事务所受国际权威法律评级机构钱伯斯邀请，为其独家撰写《全球法律指南》系列中的《公司治理法律与实践（2024版）》之中国篇。该指南各个国家（地区）的篇章均由钱伯斯排行榜中该专业领域的领先律所撰写，旨在简明扼要地介绍各司法辖区该专业领域法律和实务上的最新发展和趋势。

Chambers and Partners, one of the most authoritative international legal ranking agencies, invited Global Law Office to contribute to the China chapter of the Chambers and Partners Global Practice Guides – Corporate Governance 2024 (Q&A). For each chapter, reputable and leading law firms ranked by Chambers and Partners are invited to provide a concise overview of recent legal and practical developments and trends in a particular area of expertise in each jurisdiction.

作为最为重要的变化，新《中华人民共和国公司法》于2023年12月29日公布，于2024年7月1日正式施行，主要修改了以下内容：

• 注册资本制度的改革
• 控股股东和实际控制人的责任
• 法定代表人制度的完善
• 公司治理结构中的双重股权结构
• 股东会中心主义与董事会中心主义的博弈
• 股东派生诉讼的扩大
• 股东权利保护
• 在设计公司章程时的公司自主权和股东意思自治

As the most important development, the Company Law of the People's Republic of China was revised on 29 December 2023, and the new rules come into effect on 1 July 2024, with the following major changes:

• Reform of registered capital system;
• Responsibility of controlling shareholders and actual control person;
• Improvement of legal representative system;
• Corporate governance structure about dual class equity;
• Competition between the centralism of shareholders’ meeting and the centralism of board;
• Enrichment of shareholder derivative lawsuits;
• Protection of shareholders’ rights; and
• Company autonomy and shareholder discretion in designing a company’s articles of association.

此次《公司治理法律与实践（2024版）》之中国篇由环球律师事务所王可撰写。该篇结合《中华人民共和国公司法》的最新修改动态，重点介绍了：

• 保护善意相对人的具体规则
• 公司提供担保的要求和具体程序
• 刺破公司面纱、影子股东和影子董事的法律责任
• 董事、高管的法律责任及商业判断原则应用
• 股东直接诉讼及股东派生诉讼
• 股东的民事责任和刑事责任等

The Corporate Governance 2024 (Q&A) is written by Kevin Wang, based on the latest revision trend of the Company Law of the People's Republic of China, and mainly introduces:

• Specific rules about the protection of bona fide counterparts;
• Requirements and specific procedures for a company to provide a guarantee;
• Piercing the Corporate Veil, and the liabilities of Shadow Shareholders and Shadow Directors;
• Legal duties of directors and officers, and the application of the principle of business judgment;
• Shareholder direct lawsuits and shareholder derivative lawsuits; and
• Civil liabilities and criminal liabilities of shareholders, etc.

通过阅读本篇章，您可以全面了解中国地区公司治理最新趋势和发展前景。如果您对本篇章内容有任何疑问或建议，敬请联系本篇章的作者。

By reading this chapter, you can generally understand the latest trends and development prospects of corporate governance in China. If you have any questions or suggestions about this chapter, please contact the author of this chapter.

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Please click “Download” to download the PDF edition of Corporate Governance 2024 (Q&A)