高要市是全国重点侨乡之一。约19世纪中叶起,高要籍华侨漂洋过海,前往澳洲、东南亚等地区;改革开放后,高要移民规模不断扩大,对侨乡的建设和发展产生了极大影响。本文主要围绕高要市的历史变迁、移民历史和海外华侨与侨乡之间的联系展开论述,以阐释广东高要侨乡的社会发展情况。 Gaoyao is one of the key hometown of overseas Chinese. Since the middle of the 19th century, high-profile Chinese have traveled across the sea to Australia, Southeast Asia and other regions. After the reform and opening up, the scale of high-level immigration has been constantly expanding, which has had a tremendous impact on the construction and development of overseas Chinese. This article focuses on the history of Gaoyao City, the history of immigration and the overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese to discuss the link between the exposition in order to explain the social development of high-level hometown in overseas.