对外直接投资是国际投资的主要方式，指一国居民以控制和管理为目的而获取另一国的资产的对外投资。

对外直接投资是国际投资的主要方式，指一国居民以控制和管理为目的而获取另一国的资产的对外投资。

Foreign direct investment is the major form of international investment,whereby residents of one country acquire assets in a foreign country for the purpose of controlling and managing them.