纵观广州城市发展历史,对外商贸活动始终活跃,历经千余年经久不衰.伴随频繁的商贸活动,作为交易空间的对外商贸用地逐渐形成发展,且由于其特殊的职能地位,它与广州城共同构筑相对独立的共同体.在不同历史时期,它从唐蕃坊、宋元明时期的怀远驿、清代的十三行及沙面,作为对外商贸用地寻求最方便的交通区位,在空间上由北向南位移.但由于其特殊的职能,又始终与广州城保持着各自相对独立的区域.本文试图探讨不同历史时期影响广州城与对外贸易用地发展演变的主要因素. “,”Throughout the urban development history of Guangzhou, foreign trade activities have been active for more than a thousand years. Accompanied by frequent trade activities, the foreign trade area, as a trading space, was gradually formed and developed. And because of its special functional status, a relatively independent community was formed in the foreign trade area together with the city of Guangzhou. In different historical periods, the foreign trade area, which was shifted from Fanfang in the Tang Dynasty to Huaiyuan Inn during the Song, Yuan, Ming Dynasties to the Thirteen Hongs and Shamian in the Qing Dynasty, was searching for the most eonvenient traffic location, resulting in the spatial displacement from north to south. However, due to its special functions, the area and Guangzhou City were always maintaining their respective rela- tively independent range. This paper attempts to discuss the principal factors affecting the development of Guangzhou City and the foreign trade area in different historical periods.