商业秘密具有公益性与私益性。商业秘密的私益性是其与公众知情权发生冲突的根源,冲突表现为与消费者知情权冲突,与股东知情权冲突、与其他社会公众知情权冲突。商业秘密的公益性要求商业秘密所有人在一定限度内公布商业秘密。提请公布商业秘密的权利人须是对信息享有适当的利益的人,并且限制了商业秘密公布的范围和方式。 Commercial secrets have public welfare and private benefits. The private benefit of commercial secrets is the root cause of its conflict with the public’s right to know. Conflict manifests itself as conflicts with consumers ’right to know, conflicts with shareholders’ right to know, and conflicts with other public’s right to know. The non-profit nature of trade secrets requires the owner of trade secrets to disclose the trade secrets to a certain extent. The owner of the right to request the publication of trade secrets shall be a person who has an appropriate interest in the information and limits the scope and manner in which trade secrets may be published.