2006年,辽宁老工业基地充分把握发展机遇,扩大对外开放,外商直接投资继续保持较大幅度增长。外资在对老工业基地振兴、提供资金支持的同时,也影响着老工业基地的经济结构。据辽宁省外经贸部门数据统计,2006年全省实际利用外资598554万美元,同比增长66.71%。其利用外资主要呈现以下特点:首先,沈阳、大连是外 In 2006, the old industrial base in Liaoning fully grasped the opportunities for development and expanded its opening up to the outside world. The foreign direct investment continued to maintain a substantial growth. Foreign capital, while rejuvenating old industrial bases and providing financial support, also affects the economic structure of old industrial bases. According to statistics from Liaoning’s foreign economic and trade departments, the actual utilization of foreign investment in the province in 2006 was 5,985,540,000 U.S. dollars, an increase of 66.71% over the same period of last year. Its use of foreign capital mainly presents the following characteristics: First of all, Shenyang and Dalian are outside