利用外资是中国对外开放的重要形式之一。中国大规模的利用外资是从１９７９年开始的。随着有关利用外资的法律、法规及各项投资政策的不断出台和完善，外商投资在数量、质量和规模上都取得了空前的发展。从１９７９年到１９９７年，中国共签订利用外资合同３１万个，利用外资 Using foreign capital is one of the important forms of opening up to the outside world. The large-scale use of foreign investment in China started in 1979. With the continuous introduction and improvement of laws, regulations and various investment policies concerning the use of foreign investment, foreign investment has achieved unprecedented growth in quantity, quality and scale. From 1979 to 1997, China signed a total of 310,000 contracts for the use of foreign capital and utilized foreign investment