参照国际能源销售的惯例,西气东输工程的销售环节采用照付不议合同模式。照付不议合同的产生、发展有着深刻的背景原因,合同自身也有着丰富的法律内涵。照付不议条款一直是买卖双方争议的焦点,剖析照付不议合同的适用原因、法律性质,对正确理解照付不议合同、平衡双方权利义务关系至关重要。 With reference to the practice of international energy sales, the sale of the West-East Gas Pipeline Project adopts the payment-and-disbursement contract mode. Dispute over the contract, the emergence and development of a profound background, the contract itself also has a wealth of legal content. Disregard of terms has always been the focus of dispute between buyers and sellers, to analyze the reasons for the application of the contract, the legal nature of the correct understanding of the contract does not pay, balance the rights and obligations of both parties is essential.