History

Guiyang city was liberated on November 15, 1949. The Guiyang Municipal People's Government was established on November 23. At the same time, Guiyang Special Zone was also set up, administering Guizhu, Xiuwen, Kaiyang, Xifeng, Huishui and Longli counties. The administrative office was located at Guizhu county (Huaxi). In 1952, Guiyang Special Zone was abolished and Guiding Special Zone was set up.

In 1954, Guizhu county was put under the administration of Guiyang city. In 1958, Guizhu county was abolished. In the suburb of Guiyang city, Huaxi and Wudang districts were set up. Approved by the State Council, Qingzhen, Xiuwen and Kaiyang counties of Anshun Special Zone as well as Huishui county of the Qiannan autonomous prefecture were put under the administration of Guiyang city. In 1959, Baiyun town was established equivalent to an administrative unit directly subordinate to Guiyang city. In 1963, Kaiyang county was put under the Zunyi prefectural administrative commissioner's office, Xiuwen and Qingzhen counties under the Anshun prefectural commissioner's office, and Huishui county under the Qiannan autonomous prefecture. In 1973, Baiyun district was re-established. In 1992, Qingzhen county was renamed Qingzhen city. Approved by the State Council, since January 1, 1996, Qingzhen city and the counties of Xiuwen, Xifeng and Kaiyang (that is, one city and three counties) were all put under the administration of Guiyang municipality. In January 2000, Xiaohe district of Guiyang municipality was established as approved by the State Council. In 2012, the State Council approved Guiyang's bid to combine the former Huaxi and Xiaohe districts to create Huaxi district. It also gave the nod to combine the Jinyang sub-district of Wudang district, Jinhua town, Zhuchang town and Qingzhen city's Baihuahu township to make Guanshanhu district.