Abstract: 　Tianjin is located on the coast of the Bohai Sea in the North China Plain. The water system in the territory serves as a hub for connecting the northern and southern regions and maritime traffic. Tianjin has produced many types of financial organisations in Chinese traditional and modern society, relying on its important geographical location. The foreign and traditional financial organisations emerged in modern Tianjin because of the prosperous trade and shaped the financial centre in northern China. 
　　This study examines the interrelationship of financial organisations at different historical stages and corresponds it to urban space, revealing the evolution process of the urban financial space in modern Tianjin. The overall performance of this process is the migration of the urban financial centre from traditional areas to concession areas. Further, eventually, the only financial centre was formed in the Anglo-French Municipal Concession in Tianjin. 
　　Foreign banks, Yinhao banks and Chinese banks are all participants and shapers of financial space in the district. From the end of the 19th century to 1914, the domestic financial organisations, Piaohao, Yinhao and Chinese banks, were centred in the old town, while foreign banks were concentrated in the Anglo-French Municipal Concession area. The West Street of Tianjin old town became the centre of the distribution of local financial organisations in China due to its higher financial status than East Street. Further, the Middle Street in the Anglo-French Municipal Concession became the centre of distribution of foreign banks after a brief adjustment of the location. The relocation of the main distribution space of Chinese banks from Tianjin old town to the concession mainly occurred between 1914 and 1927, transforming the financial space of modern Tianjin from a dual centre to a single centre.
　　Eventually, Tianjin became the biggest financial city in north China, and the middle street is the main body of the financial space in the city, known as "Oriental Wall Street". Chinese banks dominated the migration of local financial organisations from the old town to the concession area and expanded the form of this financial space, eventually becoming the dominant financial organisation in the district.
　　Existing studies have emphasised the dominant role of the Middle Road in this district and foreign banks on both sides in forming this financial space. This study finds that the distribution feature of financial organisations is closely related to development strategies and financial statuses in different periods. The traditional financial organisations (Yinhao and Chinese banks) are also participants and shapers of financial space in the district, expanding the form of financial space from a "financial road"  to a "financial district".
　　Among the study of financial organisations in modern Tianjin, the research on urban history is mostly carried out from the perspectives of various financial organisations' nature, connection, and development statuses. Meanwhile, research on the interrelationship of various financial organisations and the corresponding evolution process of financial space is still insufficient. This study investigates the interrelationships of financial organisations at important historical nodes. Further, it corresponds to a wider urban space to reveal the evolution process of modern Tianjin's urban financial space under the mutual influence of various financial organisations. The evolution and migration of Tianjin's financial space in modern times corresponded with the influence of the concession on the urban form of Tianjin and is an important part of the modernisation process of Tianjin. The study of this process provides insight into Tianjin's urban modernisation and provides a theoretical basis for the protection planning of the historic district.

Key words: modern Tianjin, financial district, spatial evolution, concession, modernization

摘要： 天津在近代的繁荣贸易中产生和聚集了本土自发与海外舶来两种金融组织，共同塑造了天津在中国北方的金融地位。考察上述两类不同的金融组织在近代城市发展过程中的相互作用关系，并通过在城市中的空间分布分析揭示近代天津城市金融空间的演变过程及其特征。天津城市金融中心由老城向租界内转移并逐渐形成唯一金融中心，外资银行、中资银行和银号共同成为城市金融空间的塑造者与参与者。这一过程从一个侧面进一步揭示了天津城市近代化过程中中西文化交融的特征，为历史街区保护与再生提供了价值评价的理论依据。

关键词: 近代天津, 金融空间, 空间演变, 租界, 现代化