Xi'an International Metropolis Construction Path Study

In recent years, the voice of construct international metropolis urged upward, and more than 180 cities propose to construct the internationalization metropolis. Visibly, international metropolis has become a clear trend of development of big cities in our country. Xi'an is also proposed the goal of construct an international metropolis in 2009. As the center city in western areas, it has very important strategic sense to lead northwest, middle and upper reaches Yellow River as well as areas along the Silk Road, promote the level of development of entire western areas and China's international influence by Xi'an construct to be an international metropolis.The paper is based on previous studies, mainly utilize theoretical analysis, data analysis, logical inference, induction and deduction, comparative analysis and other methods to study the path problem of Xi'an constructed to be an international metropolis. First of all, the paper summarized previous studies about the path of evolution and development of international metropolis:"the transport hub-regional trade center-manufacturing Center-international trade center-international financial center-modern service centre-international metropolis", analyze influential factors of the formative path of an international metropolis. Next, the paper analysis the evolutionary path of Xi'an by evolutionary economics theory:"the ancient capital of'Chang An'-military fortress of northwestern region-inland consumer city-production city-inland open city-the western center city ", and summarizes develop features of Xi'an by analyze the development path after founding the nation deeply:the government lead, the industrial structure to optimize, the traditional service industry support service industry development, the superiority resources absolutely not yet fully to use, the opening gradually to achieve remarkable success, the city spatial structure to optimizes. Again, the paper analyzed influential factors of formative path of Xi'an construct to be an international metropolis. Finally, it come to conclusions of the study by the integration of the above analysis:Xi'an to be an international metropolis must abide by some principle:step by step, develop advantages, stress features, scientific development. Xi'an construct to be the center of the most active goods flow and financial center in western areas, to be the center of the most powerful science and education or the high-end manufacturing center, and ultimately to be the most attractive tourist destination in the world and historical and an international metropolis which possess and historical and cultural characteristics.