Temporal and spatial differences of office activities in Guangzhou since late 1970s
改革开放以来广州办公活动的时空差异分析

This paper selects Guangzhou as study case and, after analyzing the growth of office activities, focuses on discussing the changing characteristics of spatial pattern of the office activities since the reform of economic system and opening to the outside world. The results indicate that the agglomeration of the office activities has declined with time while the office employment density has increased sharply, and the density growth is disconnected spatially. The spatial pattern of office activity in Guangzhou shows a different tendency from the western cities. Further analysis indicates that great change in policy is the key factor of influencing the spatial pattern of office activities in Guangzhou, and the office location theory by western scholars is considered not to accord with the Chinese cases.