Abstract: According to the lack of research in the cognizance of shareholders status and different adjudgement of similar cases,this paper aims to define related issue about the cognizance of shareholders status.To company,shareholders definition and against bona fide third party should be in accordance with the roster of shareholders.Contract of assigning capital contributions can generate countermine between goodwill alienee and transferor.To bona fide third party apart from alienee,the status of shareholders should be defined according to business registration.Because business registration is a business law procedure under private law,mala fide third party and alienee should not be limited strictly to business registration and the roster of shareholders.Bonus record,company regulation and capital contributions agreement also have effectiveness on the cognizance of shareholders status.The actual shareholders,company and the mala fide third party should not deny the status of shareholders because of the lack of business registration.