Abstract:Guangzhou is a rapidly expanding city, but the renewal of old urban area is relatively slow, so there are a lot of old residential areas with both historical features and residential problems. Since the micro transformation mode was put forward in 2015 by Guangzhou, it has been put into practice in many old residential areas. This study takes four reference communities in Guangzhou as a case, reviews the problems existing before the transformation, summarizes the measures for transformation, and surveys the residential experience of residents through questionnaires. After that, it summarizes several strategies of micro transformation in old residential areas in Guangzhou: rehabilitation of buildings, optimization of public environment, upgrading and supplement of infrastructure, and excavation of historical context. Finally, based on the comprehensive evaluation of the micro transformation mode of old residential quarters in Guangzhou, some suggestions for its future development are recommended.