世界港口城市发展演变规律表明，在不同历史时期，港口城市发展与演变均体现了总部经济实质：港口城市以先天区位优势成为吸引代表先进生产力发展水平的高级要素聚集高地，形成了以集聚性、扩延性、示范性、辐射性和吸引性为特点的先进经济形态，并最终演变成现代总部经济形态。世界先进港口城市的转型与发展给我们以下启示：现代总部经济发展必须以发达的交通集疏网络为前提；以高水平的信息化建设为重点；以高素质的人力资源为依托；以优越的法制环境为保障；以完善的专业化服务体系为支撑。

The historical rule of the development and evolution of world’s port cities shows that in different historical periods, the development and evolution of the advanced port cities all shows the essence of headquarters economy. The port cities, with their inborn geographical advantages, have become the attraction of advanced element-assembling plateau which represents the advanced productivity development level. They’ve gradually formed the advanced economic pattern featuring in their assemblitivity, spreadability, exemplariness, radiativity and attractability, eventually evolving into a modern headquarters economy pattern. The transconformation and development of world’s advanced port cities has given us the following inspirations: the development of modern headquarters economy must be based on the prerequisite of the developed traffic converge and dredge net, focused on the high-level informatization construction, dependent on the highcalibre human resource, ensured by the superior legal environment and be supported by the integrated professionalism service system.