自改革开放以来,我国利用外资取得了丰硕成果。1980—1993年间吸收外商直接投资642亿美元,其中1993年达260亿美元之多,在各国利用外资数额排名中名列第二位(美国名列第一位,约330亿美元)。通过利用外资,使我国一大批老企业的技术水平和产品质量得到了迅速提高;同时也引进了一大批的先进技术填补了国内空白。另一方面,利用外资给我国的经济增长注入 Since the reform and opening up, China has made great achievements in utilizing foreign capital. From 1980 to 1993, foreign direct investment absorbed 64.2 billion U.S. dollars, up from 26 billion U.S. dollars in 1993, ranking second in the quota of foreign investment in all countries (the United States ranks first with about 33 billion U.S. dollars). Through the use of foreign investment, the technical level and product quality of a large number of old enterprises in our country have been rapidly increased. At the same time, a large number of advanced technologies have been introduced to fill the gap in our country. On the other hand, the use of foreign capital to our country’s economic growth into