我国的对外承包工程是改革开放后发展起来的一项新兴事业，比西方国家晚了30－35年。20年来，在党中央、国务院的关怀下，我国的对外承包工程从无到有，从小到大，迅速发展。1999年我国对外承包工程合同额达102亿美元，是1979年5117万美元和1991年25亿美元的199倍和4倍。截至19 China’s foreign contracted projects are a new undertaking developed after the reform and opening up. They are 30 to 35 years later than the western countries. In the past 20 years, under the care of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council, China’s foreign contracted projects have grown from nothing to small and large, with rapid development. In 1999, China’s contracted foreign contracted projects amounted to 10.2 billion U.S. dollars, which is 199 times and 4 times that of 1979’s 51.19 million U.S. dollars and 1991’s 2.5 billion U.S. dollars. Up to 19