Since the Song Dynasty, Huangpu Village has long played an important role in overseas trade.
In the Southern Song Dynasty, this place was already "a place where ships gathered".
After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Huangpu Village gradually developed into an outer port of Guangzhou's foreign trade.
In the 24th year of Emperor Kangxi of Qing Dynasty (1685), there were four customs offices in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong, and Guangdong Customs established Huangpu registered port and tax office in Huangpu Village.
In the twenty-second year of Qianlong (1757), the Qing court abolished Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian customs all over the country, leaving only Guangdong customs and designating Guangzhou as the only foreign trade port.
. According to the historical records of Huangpu Port, during the 80 years from the 23rd year of Qianlong (1758) to the 17th year of Daoguang (1837), 5 107 foreign merchant ships docked at Huangpu Ancient Port, which entered its heyday and became the only berth for Chinese and foreign trade merchant ships at that time. The Swedish merchant ship "Gothenburg" arrived here three times in more than ten years and played an important role in the early Sino-Swiss trade.