文章在简要回顾路径依赖理论的基础上，运用公司治理路径依赖模型：结构驱动路径依赖和制度驱动的路径依赖模型，揭示了公司治理演进过程中路径依赖的作用机理，并针对中国公司治理演进过程中的路径依赖进行了实证分析。

Building on reviewing the theories of path dependence, this paper analyses the two sources of the path dependence of corporate governance, i. e. Structure-driven path dependence and rule-driven path dependence,and reveals the effect of the path dependence in corporate governance. At last, this paper analyses the developing process of Chinese corporate governance, and points out three kinds of path dependence influencing Chinese corporate governance.