1. What methods are stipulated in the Company Law for shareholders' contribution? According to the Company Law, the shareholders of a limited liability company can make capital contribution in the form of money, or in kind, industrial property rights, non-patented technology and land use rights. Each mode of investment shall comply with the following provisions: 1. Monetary mode of investment. The way of monetary contribution refers to the way that shareholders directly invest in the company with funds. Before the company registration, the amount of capital subscribed by shareholders should be fully paid in cash in a temporary account opened by a limited liability company in a bank or other financial institution, and their credit certificates should be presented to the company to confirm their investment qualification and ability. 2. The mode of investment in kind. Investment in kind must be assessed and appraised, and the state-owned assets management department shall calculate and confirm the results of the assessment and appraisal. Where a shareholder makes a contribution in kind at a fixed price, he shall go through the transfer formalities of the contribution in kind at the time of company registration, which shall be verified by the relevant capital verification institution. 3. Investment mode of industrial property rights. Industrial property investment can be roughly divided into two categories: one is patent right and trademark right; One is proprietary technology, in which the shareholders use industrial property rights (including non-patented technology) as their capital contribution to the company, and the shareholders must be the legal owners of the industrial property rights (including non-patented technology) and have been confirmed by legal procedures. Shareholders who invest in industrial property rights (including non-patented technology) at a fixed price must make an evaluation and complete the transfer procedures before going through the company registration. At the same time, the company's laws and regulations stipulate that the amount of capital contribution by industrial property rights shall not exceed 2% of the registered capital of a limited liability company; 4. Mode of land use right investment. If the land use right is used as a capital contribution, the investment price must be assessed by the land management department of the people's government at or above the county level, and reported to the people's government at or above the county level for examination and approval, and the corresponding land use certificate shall be handled. II. Shareholders' Rights in the Company Law (I) Shareholders' Identity Rights Articles 31 and 32 of the Company Law stipulate that after the establishment of a limited liability company, a certificate of capital contribution shall be issued to the shareholders, and a register of shareholders shall be kept to record the names and domiciles of the shareholders, their capital contribution and the number of the capital contribution certificate. The company shall register the names of shareholders and their capital contributions with the company registration authority; Where the registered items are changed, the registration of change shall be handled. Shareholders recorded in the register of shareholders may exercise their rights according to the register of shareholders. However, without industrial and commercial registration or change of registration, it may not confront a third party. Therefore, shareholders should attach importance to the registration of the register of shareholders and industrial and commercial registration, which are the direct evidence of claiming shareholders' rights. (II) Right to Participate in Major Decisions Article 37 of the Company Law stipulates that the shareholders' meeting of a limited liability company is composed of all shareholders. The shareholders' meeting is the authority of the company and has the right to decide the company's business policy and investment plan, examine and approve the company's annual financial budget plan, final accounts plan, profit distribution plan and loss recovery plan, make resolutions on increasing or decreasing the registered capital of the company, issue corporate bonds, and merge, split, change the company form, dissolve and liquidate the company. The articles of association may also stipulate other functions and powers enjoyed by the shareholders' meeting, such as making resolutions on the company's investment in other enterprises or providing guarantees for others, especially the company's providing guarantees for the company's shareholders or actual controllers. (III) Selection and Supervision of Managers' Rights The modern enterprise system implements a moderate separation of ownership and management rights, and the company law accordingly establishes the corporate governance structure, that is, the shareholders' meeting is the authority of the company, which decides the major issues of the company and grants the management rights to the board of directors and the managers appointed by the board of directors. Article 37 of the Company Law stipulates that the shareholders' meeting shall have the right to elect and replace directors and supervisors who are not staff representatives, decide on matters concerning the remuneration of directors and supervisors, and consider and approve the reports of the board of directors, the board of supervisors or supervisors. The board of directors shall be responsible to the shareholders' meeting, and the manager shall be responsible to the board of directors. Article 53 of the Company Law stipulates that the board of supervisors shall supervise the directors and senior managers' performance of their duties and perform other supervisory functions. When the directors, supervisors and senior managers of the company infringe upon the rights and interests of the company, the shareholders of the company also enjoy the right of subrogation. (IV) Right to return on assets Article 34 of the Company Law stipulates that shareholders shall receive dividends in proportion to the paid-in capital contribution or in other ways stipulated in the articles of association. When the company increases capital, unless otherwise stipulated in the articles of association, shareholders shall have the priority to subscribe the capital contribution in proportion to the paid-in capital contribution. In addition, after the dissolution and liquidation of the company, the shareholders have the right to distribute the remaining property of the company after paying the liquidation expenses, employees' wages, social insurance expenses and statutory compensation, paying the tax owed and paying off the company's debts respectively, according to the proportion of capital contribution or in accordance with the provisions of the company's articles of association. On the issue of whether to pay dividends, there are often great differences among shareholders of many companies. In this regard, Article 74 of the Company Law stipulates that if the company has not distributed profits to shareholders for five consecutive years, and the company has been making profits for five consecutive years, and the conditions for distributing profits stipulated in the Company Law are met, the shareholders who voted against the resolution of not paying dividends at the shareholders' meeting may request the company to purchase its equity at a reasonable price. If the shareholders and the company fail to reach an equity purchase agreement within 6 days from the date of adoption of the resolution of the shareholders' meeting, the shareholders may bring a lawsuit to the people's court within 9 days from the date of adoption of the resolution of the shareholders' meeting. (V) Shareholders with the right to know Although the management right of the company has been granted to the board of directors and the manager management, shareholders still have the right to know the basic operating conditions of the company. Of course, the exercise of this right by shareholders should not affect the normal operation of the company. Article 33 of the Company Law stipulates that shareholders have the right to consult and copy the articles of association, minutes of shareholders' meetings, resolutions of board meetings, resolutions of board meetings and financial and accounting reports. Shareholders may request to consult the company's accounting books. Where a shareholder requests to consult the company's accounting books, he shall submit a written request to the company, explaining the purpose. If the company has reasonable grounds to believe that shareholders have improper purposes in consulting the accounting books, which may harm the legitimate interests of the company, it may refuse to provide access, and shall give a written reply to the shareholders within 15 days from the date of the shareholders' written request and explain the reasons. If the company refuses to provide inspection, the shareholders may request the people's court to require the company to provide inspection. (VI) Shareholders with the right to examine related party transactions have the right to make a resolution on the guarantee provided by the company to the shareholders or actual controllers of the company through the shareholders' meeting. When making this resolution, the related shareholders or shareholders controlled by the actual controllers shall not participate in the voting on this matter. The voting shall be passed by more than half of the voting rights held by other shareholders present at the meeting. Article 21 of the Company Law stipulates that the controlling shareholder, actual controller, directors, supervisors and senior management personnel of the company shall not use their relationship to harm the interests of the company. Anyone who violates this regulation and causes losses to the company shall be liable for compensation. So nowadays, many shareholders use their own intellectual property rights and land use rights to contribute to the company. In addition, in the new company law, the time for shareholders to contribute is also relaxed. After the shareholders choose the corresponding mode of contribution, they will fulfill their contribution obligations as soon as possible in accordance with the original articles of association. If they contribute with land use rights or intellectual property rights, the personnel of all parties must go through a professional evaluation company to evaluate their specific value.