股份制是通过发行股票把社会上分散的资金集中起来,兴办各种企业的一种经营形式。它的基本内容是:将企业的资金总额分成若干相等的作为集资计算单位的份额,以股票的形式交给集资者凭证,集资者(股东)凭股票按期向盈利企业领取股息(分红)。股份制具有产权明晰、自筹资金、自主经营、按股分红、共担风险等特点。实际上,股份制是一种生产资料所有制形式。 股份制最早出现在18世纪的欧洲,到19世纪后半期已经广泛流行于资本主义世界各国,成为资本主义社会经济发展的基本形式。它是商品经济和社会化大生产 The joint-stock system is a form of business that sets up various types of enterprises by pooling the scattered funds in the society through the issuance of shares. Its basic content is: The company’s total funds are divided into a number of equal share of the fund-raising calculation unit, in the form of stocks to the fundraiser certificate, fund-raiser (shareholders) with dividends on time to the profit-earning companies to receive dividends (dividends). The joint-stock system has the characteristics of clear property rights, self-financing, self-management, dividend distribution, and risk sharing. In fact, the joint stock system is a form of ownership of the means of production. The joint-stock system first appeared in Europe in the 18th century. By the latter half of the 19th century, it had become widespread in various capitalist countries and became the basic form of capitalist socio-economic development. It is a commodity economy and socialized production