利用外资是落后国家解决国内资源（包括资金、人才和技术设备）不足、推动经济发展的一种有效途径。早期资本主义国家美国和后起资本主义国家日本在实现经济起飞的过程中，都曾不同程度地利用过外国的资金、人才和技术。在中国早期的工业化建设中，张謇也积极主张利用外国的资 Utilizing foreign capital is an effective way for backward countries to solve the problem of insufficient domestic resources (including funds, talents and technical equipment) and promote economic development. Early capitalist countries, such as the United States and later capitalist Japan, used foreign funds, talents and technologies to varying degrees in the process of economic take-off. In the early industrialization of China, Zhang Jian also actively advocated the use of foreign capital