The front of Guangzhou Railway Station, which began operations on April 10, 1974. [Photo/southcn.com]

The square at Guangzhou Railway Station in the early 1980s. [Photo/southcn.com]

This photo of the China Import and Export Fair Complex, or the Canton Fair Complex, was taken in 1974, the year the building was finished. [Photo/southcn.com]

Baiyun Hotel, which was built in 1976 on a construction area of 59,100 square meters. [Photo/southcn.com]

Haizhu Park. The two sides of the Pearl River used to be the main urban areas of Guangzhou. Row after row of high-rise buildings dominated by department stores were built along the river. Haizhu Park is a kind of "island" in the middle of the river. [Photo/southcn.com]

Qilou, or arcade houses, are signature buildings of old Guangzhou. [Photo/southcn.com]

Construction of Haizhu Bridge began in 1929 and was completed in 1932. [Photo/southcn.com]