The Line 8 station started operations on 28 June 2003, and is located under Xingang East Road[1] on Pazhou Island in the Haizhu District.

[2][3] near the Guangzhou International Convention Exhibition Center, the main venue for the Canton Fair.

There are shop windows in the concourse which focus on cultural artworks such as Cantonese carving, Canton porcelain, and Guangdong lion dancing.

The station can reach Areas B and C of the Canton Fair Complex, and this remark has been specially added in the new version of the line network map in December 2024.

[9] In order to cooperate with the installation of off-site security checks, Exit A of this station was temporarily closed on 5 October 2020[10] and reopened at the end of December 2020 after renovation, and an off-site security check room was added.

For example, on 1 October 2009, Guangzhou held a fireworks show to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the People's Republic of China on the Pearl River near the Convention and Exhibition Center.

[15] It was not until 2012 that Line 11 was included in the 12th Five-Year Plan for Rail Transportation in Guangzhou and was approved for construction.