Shareholders, as the name implies, are the people who contribute to the operation of the company. Investors can be managers in the board of directors, but not necessarily shareholders. The shareholders' meeting is the authority of the company and makes substantive decisions on the management of the company.

Shareholders have ownership and investors have the right to claim capital.

General shareholders cannot withdraw their shares, but can only transfer them. After the maturity of the investor, the investor may demand repayment from the debtor.

You can participate in the company's decision-making by owning shares in the company, and owning investors has nothing to do with the decision-making power. ? Shareholders can enjoy dividends. Investors are only interested at most.

Investors can generally distribute the company's remaining assets according to the share of "investment", regardless of the amount of "investment", as long as it is not in the form of capital contribution, it will not be eligible to distribute the company's remaining assets.

As the performance of shares, "capital contribution" will realize the return through shareholders' dividends, while "investment" will generally realize the return through the profit distribution method agreed in the investment agreement.

When the capital contribution is insufficient, the creditors can pursue the supplementary capital contribution responsibility of the shareholders when the company is liquidated, and the creditors of the company cannot pursue the capital contribution responsibility of the investors when the capital contribution is insufficient.

In the financial market, the so-called investors refer to all individuals and institutions that buy financial instruments in financial transactions, including depositors. Investors are called investors when verifying capital.

Shareholders are shareholders of a joint stock limited company or a limited liability company, and have the right to attend the shareholders' meeting and have the right to vote. They also refer to investors in other joint ventures.