商业间谍是指以牟取商业利益为目的，非法窃取别国商业对手的商业秘密的行为。间谍作为各国间政治、经济和军事斗争的秘密武器，古已有之。古代波斯帝国就豢养大批间谍，对国外刺探情报。中国春秋时代各国也互相派遣间谍，刺探对方生产工艺和制造兵器技术。及至近、现代间谍更 Commercial spying refers to the act of seeking commercial interests for the purpose of illegally stealing commercial secrets of other countries’ commercial counterparts. As a secret weapon in the political, economic and military struggles of all nations, spies have existed since ancient times. The ancient Persian Empire to support a large number of spies, spying on foreign intelligence. In the Spring and Autumn Period, China also dispatched spies to each other to spy on each other’s production technology and weapons technology. And recently, the modern spy even more