A 20 percent shareholder has not received dividends for four years. The company reports profits but pays large consulting fees to entities linked to the majority shareholder. The minority shareholder requests accounting records and plans litigation.
Separate inspection rights, profit distribution, resolution challenges, derivative claims, and dissolution. Ask what injury each remedy addresses.
Students should identify a staged strategy: information first, then classification of wrong, then remedy. The exercise should not reveal a model litigation plan.
Exercise sources
中华人民共和国公司法
The core statute for Chinese companies, covering legal personality, registration, capital, corporate organs, directors' duties, state-invested companies, bonds, accounting, restructuring, dissolution, liquidation, and liability.
最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国公司法》若干问题的规定（四）
Judicial interpretation focused on company resolutions, shareholder information rights, profit distribution, pre-emption rights, and derivative litigation.
指导案例8号：林方清诉常熟市凯莱实业有限公司、戴小明公司解散纠纷案
A company dissolution dispute illustrating judicial intervention when shareholder deadlock and serious governance breakdown make continued operation difficult.
The classic proper-plaintiff rule, useful for understanding why derivative actions are exceptional rather than ordinary shareholder suits.