Database Case: Sun Moumou v. a Beijing Technology Company
A shareholder may inspect and copy the charter, meeting records, executive-director decisions, supervisor decisions, and financial reports without proving a purpose, but inspection of books, vouchers, and underlying documents remains subject to the improper-purpose limitation. Where the shareholder or close relatives control affiliated businesses that compete substantially with the target company in business scope, customers, and technical services, the company may refuse access to books and source vouchers, and geographic separation alone does not defeat a finding of competition.
Holding
A shareholder may inspect and copy the charter, meeting records, executive-director decisions, supervisor decisions, and financial reports without proving a purpose, but inspection of books, vouchers, and underlying documents remains subject to the improper-purpose limitation. Where the shareholder or close relatives control affiliated businesses that compete substantially with the target company in business scope, customers, and technical services, the company may refuse access to books and source vouchers, and geographic separation alone does not defeat a finding of competition.