股东,这个颇有诱惑力的称谓,如今犹如阵阵鼓声,叩击着无锡乡镇企业职工的心扉。1993年3月,扬名乡年逾5000万元销售收入的太湖耐热铸造厂,作为郊区的试点改组为股份合作公司。在召开首次股东大会的那天,全厂300多名成为投资股东的职工,一改以往稀稀拉拉到会的旧习,不用催就一个个提前入场等侯开会。选举股东代表时,他们的慎重之情不亚于选举市长。这一情景在所有的乡镇股份合作制点企业中,几乎无一例外地重演过。无锡市农村开始试办股份合作制企业,迄今还不到四年时间。然而,从长江岸边到太湖之滨,从城郊到山区,它以旺盛的活力迅速成长起来了。至今年6月,全市农村股份合作制 Shareholders, this rather tempting title, is now like a burst of drums, slamming the hearts and minds of Wuxi township employees. In March 1993, Taihu Heat-resistant Foundry, which had an annual sales income of over 50 million yuan in Yangming Township, was reorganized as a joint-stock cooperative company as a pilot project in the suburbs. On the day when the first shareholders’ meeting was convened, more than 300 workers who became investment shareholders changed the old habits that had been sparsely attended before. When electing shareholders’ representatives, their prudence was no less than the election of the mayor. This scenario was repeated almost without exception in all the township stock cooperatives. It has been less than four years since Wuxi began rural trials of joint-stock cooperative enterprises. However, from the banks of the Yangtze River to the shores of Taihu Lake, from the suburbs to the mountains, it has grown rapidly with vigorous vitality. Until June this year, the city’s rural cooperative share system