First of all, shareholders can defend their rights through non-litigation means such as negotiation, mediation, complaint and report. Among them, negotiation means that shareholders communicate directly with the parties to the dispute, with low cost and no need for third-party intervention; Mediation is conducted through a neutral and professional third-party mediation agency. The CSI Small and Medium Investor Service Center provides dispute mediation services for small and medium investors, and has established new mediation mechanisms such as litigation and mediation, securities and mediation. Complaint reporting means that shareholders can make complaints through the CSRC hotline 12386, or report securities and futures violations to the CSRC inspection department and its dispatched institutions.
Unless the litigation method cannot be solved smoothly and there is no arbitration clause, shareholders can bring a lawsuit to the court with jurisdiction to seek judicial relief. The law gives shareholders two kinds of litigation rights. When the shareholders' rights are directly infringed, direct litigation is applicable, and when the company's rights are directly infringed, derivative litigation is applicable.