经济间谍又称工业间谍、商业间谍、经济“鼹鼠”。他们受国家专门机构的指派 ,或受公司以及金钱的驱使 ,使用各种非常手段搜集有关经济情报 ,以此争夺商机和技术 ,击败竞争对手 ,从而获取一定时期的商业优势。美国是世界上经济间谍最多的国家 ,由于其经济、科技的发达 ,也受到 Economic espionage, also known as industrial espionage, commercial espionage, economic “mole”. They are appointed by the specialized agencies of the state or driven by companies and money and use various means to collect relevant economic intelligence in order to compete for business opportunities and technologies and defeat their competitors so as to obtain commercial advantages over a certain period of time. The United States is the country with the largest number of economic spies in the world. Due to its economic and technological advancement, the United States has also been affected