What is the legal relationship between shareholders and the company?

Shareholders belong to natural persons or legal persons, and companies belong to legal persons independent of shareholders. According to the inquiry of China Travel Service. Com, the company and shareholders belong to independent civil subjects, shareholders belong to natural persons or legal persons, and the company belongs to legal persons independent of shareholders. Although the company is established by shareholders in accordance with legal procedures, one of the foundations of modern company system is the limited liability of shareholders, and shareholders are not the same as companies. Shareholders' obligation to the company is to fulfill their investment as promised, not to bear the company's expenses and debts. It is a general principle that a company's debts are infinitely joint and several liability with its own property, and shareholders bear limited liability within the scope of capital contribution. The exception is the abuse of shareholders' rights and the independent status of legal persons by shareholders, which leads to the occurrence of hotchpot. At this time, they need to be jointly and severally liable for the debts of the company. The rights enjoyed by shareholders to the company are the right to know, the right to make decisions, the right to claim profit distribution, etc. The company undertakes corresponding obligations according to the rights of shareholders.