City residential structure is the main aspect of city spatial structure and in western countries it has been experienced three phases: centripetal collection, centrifugal pervasion and organic collection.From the viewpoint of historical development, the evolvement of residential structure in China can be summarized in three phases: archaic city, neoteric city and modern city.The character of city residential structure is different at different times.However, the residential sub-urbanization and the residential redistribution are the two central forms of the evolvement of residential structure in the modern city.