The shareholder's right to know is an important content of shareholder rights, which highlights its value in many fields, including law, economics. In the modern company system, shareholder's right to know must gain necessary information, to protect their legitimate rights and interests due to the separation of ownership and management rights,On the one hand, the paper tries to proceed from the aspect of contract, the introducing the company contract theory, analyzing the nature of the company and the relationships of shareholders. On the other hand, born of the contract, the principle of good faith also provides a theoretical basis for the shareholder's right to know. Under the perspective of the contract, the relationship of the rights and obligations of shareholders is more and more clear, which also offers a new method for the further analysis of shareholder's right to know, and projects into the theory and practice, finally some problems will be solved. At the same time, the study of system of shareholder's right to know, should not only be confined to system details, but also pay attention to the spirit.

股东知情权是股东权利的重要内容，其价值凸显于包括法学、经济学在内的 很多领域。在现代公司制度中，由于所有权与经营权的分离，股东必须通过知情 权来获取必要的信息，保护自己的合法权益。一方面，本文尝试从契约的角度入 手，引入公司契约理论加以论述，对公司性质和股东关系进行分析；另一方面， 由契约而生的诚实信用原则也为股东知情权提供了理论基础。在契约视角下，股 东的权利义务关系进一步明确，也为深入分析知情权提供了新的思路，再将理论 投射到实践，一些问题也迎刃而解。同时，对股东知情权制度的研究，也不应局 限在制度细节，更应该思考其精神所在。 关键词：股东权利，股东知情权，公司契约理论，诚实信用原则，契约理论