一、“中心”的主要特点在外国投资领域中,特别是有关第三世界的国家合同方面,解决投资争端国际中心(以下简称“中心”)具有其显著特色。“中心”是根据《解决缔约国与他国国民之间投资争端公约》(以下简称“公约”)所建立起来的一个国际性机构,由世界银行赞助,旨在鼓励外国私人投资流向发展中国家。其目的是通过解决国家司法管辖和政治压力的争端以消除投资者对政治风险的畏惧。由于“中心”具有官方的和超党派的特性,人们认为它在处理政治敏感的南北经济关系问题上有其权威性。鉴于本世纪六十年代和七十年代出现了大量投资争 I. Key Features of the “Center” The International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (hereinafter referred to as the “Center”) has its distinctive features in the field of foreign investment, especially in relation to the third-country national contracts. The “Center” is an international body established under the “Convention for the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States Parties and Nationals of Other Countries” (hereinafter referred to as the “Convention”) and is sponsored by the World Bank to encourage the flow of foreign private investment to development Chinese home. Its purpose is to eliminate investors’ fear of political risk by settling disputes over national jurisdictions and political pressures. Because of its official and non-partisan character, the “center” is perceived as authoritative in dealing with politically sensitive North-South economic relations. In view of the massive investment disputes that took place in the 1960s and 1970s