Guanzhou Island is an island

Island

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 at the southeast of the central district of Guangzhou

Guangzhou

Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port...

, Guangdong

Guangdong

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, China

China

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. It has the total area of 1.8 square kilometers. It is administrated by Guanzhou Street in Haizhu District.

In 1999, Guangzhou Municipal Government announced to develop Guanzhou into Guangzhou International Biology Island , in order to meet the need of biological technology development. It started construction in 2008.

It has a metro station

Guangzhou Metro

Guangzhou Metro is the metro system of the city of Guangzhou in Guangdong Province of China. It is operated by the state-owned Guangzhou Metro Corporation and was the fourth metro system to be built in mainland China, after those of Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.The earliest effort of preparation...

 in Guanzhou called Guanzhou Station

Guanzhou Station

Guanzhou Station is a station of Line 4 of the Guangzhou Metro. It started operations on 26 December 2005. It is located at the underground of the central of Guanzhou Island in Haizhu District...

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