It has been 177 1 year since the name Guangzhou appeared, and Panyu (now Guangzhou) has always been the first city of "Guangzhou" (only the Sui Dynasty once moved its capital to Qujiang, avoiding the name Zhou Fan, which was taboo for Emperor Yang Di). However, the first city itself was not called "Guangzhou", until the 16th year of Yuan Dynasty (AD 1279), Guangzhou established the Guangzhou Municipal Records Department, and "Dongcheng, Xicheng, Zicheng, Panyu and Nanhai counties were recorded by urban households". This is the first time that Guangzhou has become an established city, which has played a considerable role in promoting Guangzhou's urban construction and strengthened its position as a political, economic and cultural center in Lingnan. Unfortunately, after the death of the Yuan Dynasty, the Guangzhou Literature Department was abolished, and the Guangzhou urban area resumed the situation of dividing the South China Sea and Panyu in the past.

Until the early years of the Republic of China, the government was abolished, and the great administrative region was no longer called "Guangzhou". The name of "Guangzhou" was exclusively owned by Guangzhou.

According to the evolution convention of administrative divisions in China, a city has never been a first-class political power, but only belongs to its county. Guangzhou Municipal Office was established in June of 19 18, and City Hall was established in the early 1920s, which is responsible for handling the public affairs of the city, but it is not a first-class political institution. 1920165438+10, the military government of the Republic of China with Guangzhou as the center appointed Chen Jiongming as the governor of Guangdong, and Chen Jiongming deliberately imitated the western political system to highlight the role of the city, making Guangzhou independent from Panyu, and appointed 19 17 Sun Ke, who returned from studying in the United States, to take over the city hall. When studying in the United States, Sun Ke devoted himself to studying the organization and operation of European and American governments and urban planning, and wrote the book On Urban Planning on 19 199, becoming an authoritative expert on domestic municipal construction at that time. He was appointed to draft the Provisional Regulations of Guangzhou, consisting of 57 articles. Article 3 stipulates: "Guangzhou is a local administrative region, directly under the provincial government, not within the county administrative scope." This is the first time that China has announced the birth of urban administrative districts in the form of legislation, which is of groundbreaking significance. 1921February 15, the Guangdong provincial government meeting passed the above regulations and promulgated them for implementation. Guangzhou Municipal Government was established by Guangzhou Municipal Government in accordance with the above provisions, and Sun Ke was appointed as the first mayor of Guangzhou. At this point, the Guangzhou Municipal Government was formally established.