The town is the first-level government below the county and district, and the sub-district office is the agency of the district government. Their functions are basically the same, and the tasks of economic and social development are basically the same. According to general or general understanding, street offices are mainly set up in urban areas, and the objects of management and service are generally urban residents, while towns are generally county towns or suburbs, and the objects of management and service are generally agricultural population. However, with the development of economy, some areas are divided into administrative districts to expand the urban area. Now street offices are also located in counties or suburbs, and the object of management and service has also become the agricultural population. Some towns or townships may be directly transformed into street offices.

Taihe Town is located in the middle of Baiyun District and the geometric center of Guangzhou, and is one of the central towns of Guangzhou 15. In June, 2004, after the adjustment of town-level administrative divisions in Baiyun District, the original Taihe Town and Gui Long Town merged into a new Taihe Town, with a total administrative area of about 2 19. 0 1 square kilometer, under which there are 2 1 villagers' committees (266 villagers' groups) and 2 community residents' committees. By 20 13, the permanent population of the town was 272,300, including 9 1979 local registered population, 450,000 floating population and 20,000 overseas Chinese and compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. There are three police stations in the town: Taihe, Gui Long and Maofeng Mountain.