外国公司,特别是跨国公司在发展中国家的重大投资活动,是通过公司与发展中国家的政府订立长期投资协定,或订立特许权协定,或订立经济发展协定而进行的。从概念上说,此类投资协定属于私人契约的一种。作为一种英美制度,投资协定有某些特点,倾向于在经济关系中维持现状,这显然对新兴国家的发展目标是不利的。 The major investment activities of foreign companies, especially transnational corporations, in developing countries are made through the establishment of long-term investment agreements between companies and the governments of developing countries, or the conclusion of concession agreements or the conclusion of economic development agreements. Conceptually, such investment agreements fall into the category of private contracts. As a kind of Anglo-American system, investment agreements have certain characteristics and tend to maintain the status quo in economic relations, which obviously is unfavorable to the development goals of emerging countries.