The station is popular with revellers visiting the popular Bai'etan riverside bar street on Changdi Street approx 10 minutes walk from the station, as well as shoppers going to the large superstore located nearby.

There are several bus stops nearby including the Fangcun Interchange station on Huadi Dadao at the southern entrance to the Zhujiang Tunnel, which is a major hub for cross-river buses.

Before the screen doors of this station were put into use, there were incidents of passengers jumping off the rails and attempting to commit suicide by being hit by incoming trains.

[10] On May 8, 2008, a ceiling of about 10 square meters in the concourse suddenly fell off and smashed to the ground, but fortunately there were no casualties.

[11] The current Line 11 station was originally selected in the 1997 "Guangzhou Urban Rapid Rail Traffic Line Network Planning Study (Final Report)" for Route 5 of Scheme B and the "Super Ring" scheme for the 2008 Rail Transit Network Planning.

In 2012, Line 11 was included in the 12th Five-Year Plan for Rail Transportation in Guangzhou and was approved, and Fangcun Station was also established.

In order to cooperate with the construction of the station of Line 11, from 16 March 2019 till the line opening, the second phase of the construction enclosure was implemented on the section from Huadi Avenue North to Mingxin Road on Fangcun Avenue Middle, in which the pipeline will be relocated, the main structure of the station will be constructed in the enclosed area and some bus lines will be rerouted.

[7] The main structure of the station laid the base slab in February 2024[26] and topped out in August of the same year.