洛杉矶和广州已经结为“姐妹城市” ,本文从经济结构变化、产业空间布局、人口分布和多元文化以及交通运输几个方面对洛杉矶和广州进行了横向比较 ,认为广州应当从洛杉矶后福特主义的经济结构调整、非中心化和再中心化的空间重组和对城市所有社区进行连接的高速公路建设等方面来把握当代国际大都市建设的新趋势 Los Angeles and Guangzhou have become “sister cities.” This paper makes a horizontal comparison of Los Angeles and Guangzhou from the aspects of economic structure changes, industrial spatial distribution, population distribution and multiculturalism as well as transportation and transportation. This paper argues that Guangzhou should start from the post-Fordist Economic restructuring, decentralization and re-centralization of space and the construction of expressways linking all urban communities to grasp the new trends in the construction of contemporary international metropolises