在经济全球化背景下形成的全球性城市区域正改变着全球经济地理结构 ,并在一定程度上扩大着国家和地区间的经济差别。这种全球经济地理结构的变化应当引起学术界的重视。本文就全球性城市区域的构成、生成机制和经济影响等几个方面进行了初步探讨。 The global urban area formed under the background of economic globalization is changing the global economic geography structure and to a certain extent, expanding the economic differences between countries and regions. Such changes in the global economic and geographical structure should draw the attention of academics. This article has carried on the preliminary discussion to several aspects such as the composition, the formation mechanism and the economical influence of the global urban area.