[内容提要] 外交是内政的反映。美国作为一个利益集团高度发达的国家，跨国公司背后工商利益集团通过各种途径和方式影响着美国外交政策的制定。20世纪80年代以来，美国跨国公司纷纷进入中国开展投资，在之后的30年里，发展成为最为重要的经济和战略伙伴之一。这些跨国公司依托国内的工商利益集团和智库，影响着美国白宫和国会的对华决策的制定，从而更好地维护和扩大在华利益。在美国各利益集团的博弈中，对华政策时好时坏，但从长期来说，笔者发现美国跨国公司在美对华决策中发挥着积极的作用，即美国对华政策的与在华美国跨国公司的对华投资规模之间存在极大的相关关系。[关键词] 美国跨国公司 工商利益集团 对华投资 对华政策 The effect of American MNCs in American foreign policyon China since 1980AbstractForeign policy is always the reflection of domestic The US is a country with highly developed interest The interest groups behind the MNCs have varieties of ways to influence the American foreign policy Since the 1980s， American MNCs have been investing in China and in the last 30 years the US has become one of the most important economic and strategic partners of C Based on the interest groups and thinking tanks in the US， American MNCs have played an important role in influencing the policy making towards China by the White House and Congress， which can secure and enlarge its interests in C There is instability in the American foreign policy towards China because of the struggle and trade-off among the interest However， the MNCs in the long run， have played a positive role in the Sino-US bilateral It means that there is positive correlation between the American foreign policy making and the investment size of MNCs in CKeywords: AMNCs; investment in China; policy on China; interest groups
