截止1997年底，全国累计批准设立外商投资企业304821家，合同外资金额5203．93亿美元，实际使用外资金额2218．52亿美元。外商投资企业已成为我国国民经济的重要组成部分和新的增长点，是经济快速发展的主要牵动力之一。外资的进人，促进了国有企业的改造和现代企业制度的建立 By the end of 1997, a total of 304,821 foreign-funded enterprises had been approved for establishment in the country with the contracted foreign investment of 520.393 billion U.S. dollars and the actual utilized foreign investment of 221.852 billion U.S. dollars. Foreign-invested enterprises have become an important part of our national economy and a new growth point and one of the major driving forces for the rapid economic development. The entry of foreign capital has promoted the transformation of state-owned enterprises and the establishment of a modern enterprise system