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What rights do independent directors have?
Independent directors have the right to propose to the board of directors the employment or dismissal of accounting firms; To request the board of directors to convene an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders; Propose to convene the board of directors; Independently engage external audit institutions and consulting institutions; Publicly solicit voting rights from shareholders before the general meeting of shareholders. Article 122 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), a listed company shall set up independent directors, and the specific measures shall be formulated by the State Council. Article 124 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that a director of a listed company who is related to the enterprise involved in the resolution of the board of directors shall not exercise the voting right on the resolution, nor shall he exercise the voting right on behalf of other directors. The board meeting can only be held when more than half of the unrelated directors are present, and the resolutions made at the board meeting must be passed by more than half of the unrelated directors. If there are less than three unrelated directors present at the board of directors, they shall be submitted to the shareholders' meeting of the listed company for deliberation. Article 123 of the Company Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), a listed company shall set up a secretary of the board of directors, who shall be responsible for the preparation, document keeping, shareholder information management and information disclosure of shareholders' general meeting and board meeting.