Legal analysis: shareholders can bring a lawsuit to the people's court and submit a complaint to the people's court. It should be pointed out that the format of the complaint should comply with the law. The people's court shall examine the complaint. After examination, the court shall hear the case if it considers that it meets the conditions for prosecution. After trial, if it is found that the company as a legal person has indeed misappropriated public funds, a correct judgment shall be made and its responsibility shall be investigated.

legal ground

Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Criminal Law.

Article 185 Staff members of commercial banks, stock exchanges, futures exchanges, securities companies, futures brokerage companies, insurance companies or other financial institutions who take advantage of their positions to misappropriate the funds of their own units or clients shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 272 of this Law.

Staff members of state-owned commercial banks, stock exchanges, futures exchanges, securities companies, futures brokerage companies, insurance companies or other state-owned financial institutions, and personnel assigned by state-owned commercial banks, stock exchanges, securities companies, futures brokerage companies, insurance companies or other state-owned financial institutions to engage in public service in non-state-owned institutions specified in the preceding paragraph shall be convicted and punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 384 of this Law.

Article 384 Any state functionary who, taking advantage of his position, misappropriates public funds for personal use to engage in illegal activities, or misappropriates a large amount of public funds to engage in profit-making activities, or misappropriates a large amount of public funds and fails to return it for more than three months, is guilty of corruption and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention. If the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years. Whoever misappropriates a huge amount of public funds and fails to return it shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment.

Whoever misappropriates funds and materials for disaster relief, emergency rescue, flood control, special care, poverty alleviation, immigration and relief for personal use shall be given a heavier punishment.