Abstract: The Guangzhou Thirteen Hongs arose after the abolishment of the Sea Prohibition policy and the establishment of the Guangdong Customs． These Hongs were gradually and naturally formed throughout nearly one century when China and the West maintained a normal trade relation． The emergence of the Thirteen Hongs resulted from the transformation from tributary trade to commercial trade and represented progress in history．

摘要：  广州十三行商馆区兴起于清代开海禁、建立粤海关之后。它的出现，是在中西之间基本保持正常贸易关系的状态下，经过将近一个世纪的逐步积累而自然生成的，是中国对外贸易从传统的贡舶贸易过渡到商舶贸易的产物，在当时乃是一种历史进步。