作为国际法与国内法的交叉研究内容，外国人管理与服务是一个有关利弊权衡和权利均衡的治理命题。本文从外国人地位认知的异质性及优化思路入手，比较分析美国、英国、法国和日本大都市区的外国人管理与服务实践，考察国外大都市区是如何在多中心分权与一体化集权之间确定均衡点的，从而解决本地外国人管理中所存在的问题，以此为我国的外国人管理与服务日趋优化提供可行性建议。
With increasing numbers of foreigners coming to China，the total population of illegal immigrants residing in the China is also on the rise. This trend underscores that the legal system of managing and providing services to aliens needs to be improved. This paper takes the heterogeneity of alien legal rights in China as its starting point，highlighting the strong points in this area of conurbations in the United States，Britain，France and Japan，so as to provide practical suggestions for optimizing the Chinese system for managing alien residents and providing services to them in Beijing.
