[6] In the 2003 subway planning plan, the Central and South sections of the Industrial Avenue were identified as the lines of the Guangzhou section of the Guangzhou-Foshan Metro (Guangfo Metro), and the station appeared as one of the intermediate stations, in which the location was roughly the same as the current one.

11 environmental review, published in January 2014, showed that the two lines were designed to be far apart from each other at the station in Yanzigang and could not provide an interchange.

However, in July 2014, the Guangzhou Municipal Planning Bureau replied to public inquiries that the two lines would be equipped with interchanges at the station,[7] and the Guangzhou Municipal Urban and Rural Construction Commission issued the "Notice on the Construction of Guangzhou Rail Transit Line 11" on September 4, which also added one interchange station compared with the environmental review.

The station started the operation and commissioning stage on 1 July 2015, and opened on December 28 of the same year.

[12] The "three powers" transfer was completed on 30 July 2024,[13] and on December 28, the station was put into use with the opening of Line 11.