A study of metropolitan service industry location theory and substantiation
大城市服务业区位理论及其实证研究

From the angels of economic location theory, the types of service industry, location features of various service sectors and the theoretical bases of distribution of service industry are studied in this paper. On the basis of above-mentioned theories, distribution features and spatial evolution trend of service industry of metropolitan in developed countries are analyzed. At the same time, the location characteristics, the problems, and the developmental direction of service industry of metropolitan in China are also studied here.