In 214 BC, Qin unified Lingnan and established three counties: Nanhai, Guilin, and Xiangjun. Panyu was the head county of Nanhai County.

In 204 BC, Zhao Tuo established the Nanyue Kingdom in Nanhai County.

The plains in the Nansha region have not yet formed, and there are scattered hilly islands in the shallow sea. They are located at the southernmost end of the Pearl River estuary in Panyu County.

In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (331), Nanhai County was divided and Dongguan County was established. At the same time, the six counties of Bao'an, Anhuai, Xingning, Haifeng, Hai'an and Xinle were established.

The Nansha area is separated from Panyu County of Nanhai County and belongs to Baoan County of Dongguan County.

In the second year of Zhide (757) of the Tang Dynasty, Baoan County was renamed Dongguan County, and the Nansha area became part of Dongguan County.

In the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1152), Xiangshan Town was separated from Dongguan County and renamed Xiangshan County.

Huangge area is separated from Dongguan County and belongs to Xiangshan County.

The sand and mud around the hilly islands in the shallow sea in the Nansha area have accumulated into flat areas, and some of them have been surrounded into fields. Longxue Island and other places still belong to Dongguan County.

In the 16th year of the Yuan Dynasty (1279), the village of Huangge was established and was called Huangqijiao Village, Guhai Township, Xiangshan County.

In the 14th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty (1381), Huangge was renamed Huangqijiao Village, Huangqidu, Xiangshan County.

Villages were opened successively in Dongguayu, Tangkeng, and Bantou in the Nansha area. Shatan was formed in the Wanqingsha and Yisha areas. The area south of Huangshan and Shandong began to be called Shabu, Nansha, etc., and was still under Dongguan. county.

In the Ming Dynasty, the sandan siltation around Longxue Island formed a continent.

"Dongguan County Chronicle" in the eighth year of Tomorrow Shun (1464) contains: "The southernmost point of Dongguan County is Dayanglongxuezhou".

Nansha District

During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty (1736-1796), Dongguan County was divided into five jurisdictions (two departments and three divisions). Part of Nansha Street today has been formed and is Dongguan County. Missing

Kousi Nansha Village.

In the fifteenth year of Daoguang's reign in the Qing Dynasty (1835), large areas of sand emerged on the water surface at the junction of Dongguan and Xiangshan and in front of Nansha Village.

In the 29th year of Daoguang (1849), the magistrates of the two counties reached a settlement over the sand dispute between the two counties and dug a boundary river among the tens of thousands of hectares of sand.

Da'aosha, Lixinsha, Gangwasha and Shichuansha to the west of the Jiehe River belong to Xiangshan County; the northeast of the Jiehe River falls under the jurisdiction of Dongguan County.

By the early years of the Republic of China, Dongguan County owned Nansha Village, nearly 60,000 to 70,000 acres of sand and sand fields.

In the 14th year of the Republic of China (1925), Xiangshan County was renamed Zhongshan County, and Da'aosha, Lixinsha, Gangwasha, and Shichuansha to the west of the boundary river between Huangge and Wanqingsha were subsequently changed to Zhongshan County.

Nansha, Dahu Island, Xiaohu Island and the area east of the boundary river of Wanqingsha, as well as Jibaosha and Longxue Island belong to Dongguan County.

In the 1940s, Dongguan County Minglun Tang established the Dongguan County Minglun Tang Demonstration Farm in the northeast of Wanqingsha.

In the 37th year of the Republic of China, Nansha Township was established and belonged to the fifth district of Dongguan County.

In December 1949, Wanqingsha Mingluntang Demonstration Farm in Dongguan County was taken over and renamed Wanqingsha Takeover Farm;

In 1950, it was named Wanqingsha State-owned Farm in Dongguan County, Guangdong Province farm.

In October 1950, Nansha, Wanqingsha, Changsha, Longxue, Xiaohu, and Dahu were classified as District 9 of Dongguan County.

Da'aosha, Lixinsha, Gangwasha and Shichuansha belong to the tenth district of Zhongshan County.

In January 1951, the Island Management Office of the Zhujiang District Commissioner's Office of the People's Government of Guangdong Province was established. Wanqingsha Wuyong, Yiyong and Longxue Island were separated from Dongguan and placed under the jurisdiction of the Island Management Office.

At the end of 1951, farms of the Committee for the Processing of Returned Overseas Chinese were established in five sieges in the Erchong area of ??Wanqingsha.

In October 1952, Wanqingsha Wuyong, Yiyong and Longxue Island were transferred to the jurisdiction of the People's Government of the Fishermen District of Zhongshan County along with the Island Management Office.

In the same year, Wanqingsha Zhengan and other eight farms were merged into the Farm of the Returned Overseas Chinese Handling Committee, and the name was immediately changed to Wanqingsha Overseas Chinese Collective Farm.

In 1954, the Wanqingsha State-owned Farm and the Wanqingsha Overseas Chinese Collective Farm in Dongguan County, Guangdong Province merged to form the Guangdong Province Wanqingsha State-owned Mechanical Farm, directly under the Provincial Department of Agricultural Reclamation.

In April 1953, Zhuhai County was established, with Wanqingsha, Longxue Island, Shatou Township, Shazhong Township, and Shawei Township, together with Nansha, Changsha, Xiaohu, and Dahu separated from Dongguan County, and At the same time, Fengma Township, Xin'an Township, and Ping'an Township separated from Zhongshan County were placed under the jurisdiction of the Fourth District of Zhuhai County.

In 1954, Changsha was included in Dagang District of Zhongshan County.

In July 1955, the Fourth District of Zhuhai County was renamed Zhuhai County Wanqingsha District.

In March 1957, the Wanqingsha District of Zhuhai County was incorporated into Zhongshan County and renamed Wanqingsha Township of Zhongshan County. Nansha was subsequently changed to Wanqingsha Township of Zhongshan County.

Dahu, Xiaohu and Shazai Islands are included in Huangge Township, Zhongshan County.

In 1958, Huangge Township and Wanqingsha Township were reorganized into communes and renamed Huangge People's Commune and Wanqingsha People's Commune respectively.

The Wanqingsha State-owned Machinery Farm of Guangdong Province was merged into the Wanqingsha People's Commune.

In January 1959, the Wanqingsha State-owned Mechanical Farm of Guangdong Province was separated from the Wanqingsha People’s Commune.

Huangge People’s Commune was successively merged into Wanqingsha and Dagang People’s Communes.

In June of the same year, the organizational system of Panyu County was restored. In July, the people's commune system of Huangge (including Big Tiger and Shazai Island) and Wanqingsha (including Nansha and Longxue Island) was restored. Zhongshan County was separated and included in Wanqingsha People's Commune of Panyu County.

In March 1961, Nansha was separated from Wanqingsha People's Commune and established Nansha People's Commune. Changsha and Yisha belong to Dagang Commune of Panyu County.

In October 1972, eight fishery brigades from Xinzao and Tanzhou People's Communes moved to Wanqingshawei to form Xinken Fishery Commune.

In January 1975, Panyu County was placed under the jurisdiction of Guangzhou City.

In 1978, Dagang Commune separated out five production brigades including Qianjin and Yisha, and Wanqingsha People's Commune separated out five production brigades including Feng Mayi and Dongsheng to form Hengli People's Commune.

In June 1978, the Wanqingsha State-owned Machinery Farm in Guangdong Province was renamed the Zhujiang Overseas Chinese Farm in Guangdong Province.

On December 20, 1983, the commune was withdrawn and restructured into districts.

On January 20, 1987, districts were removed and restructured into towns. The Nansha area includes five towns: Huangge, Wanqingsha, Xinken, Hengli, Nansha, and the Pearl River Overseas Chinese Farm in Guangdong Province.

In 1988, the Pearl River Overseas Chinese Farm in Guangdong Province was transferred from the province to Guangzhou City.

In June 1989, it was renamed Guangzhou Zhujiang Overseas Chinese Farm.

In January 1992, Guangzhou Zhujiang Overseas Chinese Farm added two brands: "Guangzhou Pearl River Management District" and "Guangzhou State-owned Pearl River Overseas Chinese Agriculture, Industry and Commerce United Company".

On June 22, 1990, Guangdong Province and Guangzhou City identified Nansha as a key opening area and a key development zone, and established the Nansha Economic Zone Management Committee

Nansha District Geographical Location

It is a county bureau-level unit and is managed by Panyu County People’s ***.

On May 20, 1992, Panyu was abolished from county to city (county level). On June 17, Nansha Economic Zone and Nansha Town merged to form *** Panyu City Nansha Economic Development Zone Committee, Panyu Nansha Economic Development Zone Management Committee and Panyu Nansha Economic Development Corporation.

On May 12, 1993, the State Council approved the establishment of Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone.

On July 8 of the same year, *** Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone Committee and Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee were established. Administratively, they are the dispatched agencies of Panyu City ***.

In the same year, the original Nansha Town was restructured into Nansha Street and co-located with the Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee.

On August 21, 2001, the Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone Construction Headquarters was established. It is the dispatched agency of the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government and is fully responsible for the planning, land use, development, construction, and management within the development zone. As well as investment promotion and other work, it has Guangzhou municipal-level approval and management authority.

On March 18, 2002, Xinken Town was revoked and incorporated into Wanqingsha Town.

On January 1, 2003, the Pearl River Management Area was formally transferred to the management of the Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone Construction Headquarters.

On April 28, 2005, the State Council approved the adjustment of the administrative divisions of Guangzhou City and newly established Nansha District, Nansha Street in Panyu District, Wanqingsha Town, Hengli Town, Huangge Town, Miaonan Village in Lingshan Town, Parts of Qiyi Village and Miaoqing Village, and parts of Qingsheng Village, Shagongbao Village, and Shipai Village in Dongyong Town are included in Nansha District.

On April 28, 2005, Nansha District administered Nansha Street, Wanqingsha Town, Hengli Town, and Huangge Town.

On February 4, 2008, the Zhujiang Street Office of Nansha District, Guangzhou City was established with the approval of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Civil Affairs.

Nansha District governs the two subdistricts of Nansha and Zhujiang and the three towns of Huangge, Wanqingsha and Hengli.

In April 2008, with the approval of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, a new *** Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone Working Committee and Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee (with Guangzhou Nansha Export It is co-located with the Processing Zone Management Committee) and is administratively the dispatched agency of the Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government.

Assume the management functions of the Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone Construction Headquarters, unified management of the Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone, Guangzhou Nansha High-tech Development Zone and Guangzhou Nansha Export Processing Zone, and no longer retain the Guangzhou Nansha Development Zone Construction Headquarters and the former Guangzhou Nansha Economic and Technological Development Zone Management Committee.

On September 7, 2011, Longxue Subdistrict Office was established.

On September 30, 2012, the State Council approved the transfer of Dongyong Town, Dagang Town, and Lanhe Town in Panyu District, Guangzhou City to the jurisdiction of Nansha District.

In 2013, Nansha District governed 3 streets: Nansha Street, Longxue Street, and Zhujiang Street; 6 towns: Wanqingsha Town, Huangge Town, Hengli Town, Lanhe Town, and Dagang Town, Dongchong Town.

District *** is located in Huangge Town.