第二次世界大战以来,新的科学技术革命的发生和世界经济一体化进程的加快使跨国公司获得了前所未有的发展。这种发展体现在三个方面:首先是跨国公司的数量和规模急剧扩大。根据联合国跨国公司中心统计,60年代后期世界跨国公司为7276家,受其控制的国外子公司27300家,到70年代末、80年代初,跨国公司数量已增加到1万多家,其所控制的国外子公司和分支机构达104000家;而联合国贸易与发展会议跨国公司项目(原“联 Since the Second World War, the emergence of a new scientific and technological revolution and the acceleration of the process of world economic integration have enabled transnational corporations to achieve unprecedented development. This development is reflected in three aspects: First, the number and scale of transnational corporations have expanded dramatically. According to statistics from the United Nations Center for Transnational Corporations, there were 7,276 multinational corporations in the late 1960s and 27,300 foreign subsidiaries controlled by them. By the end of the 1970s and early 1980s, the number of multinational corporations had increased to more than 10,000 and controlled. 104,000 foreign subsidiaries and affiliates; and the U.N. Trade and Development Conference’s Multinational Corporation Project