It is now administered as part of Guangzhou's Huangpu District, although the historic Huangpu Island was nearby Pazhou, which forms part of Haizhu District.

[1] During the Canton trade, Changzhou was used by Danish crews for repairs and burials.

The island was the site of Sun Yat-sen's Whampoa Military Academy[2] (est.

1924) and the 1926 Zhongshan Incident that propelled the academy's commandant Chiang Kai-shek to leadership over the Chinese Nationalists and then all of Warlord China.

Changzhou is now linked to Guangzhou's road network by a bridge to neighboring Xiaoguwei and will be served by the Phase II eastern extension of Guangzhou Metro Line 7.