Guangdong Provincial Finance Department Building

The Guangdong Provincial Finance Department is located at the northern end of Beijing Road, formerly the Guangdong Chengxuan Administration Commission […]

The Guangdong Provincial Finance Department is located at the northern end of Beijing Road, formerly the Guangdong Chengxuan Administration Commission during the Ming and Qing dynasties (also known as the local government office), which was a high-level administrative institution dispatched by the imperial court to Guangdong Province.
Built in the architectural style of the European Renaissance period, the Guangdong Provincial Finance Department is a brick, wood, and reinforced concrete structure, and one of the representative buildings of Western classical eclecticism in modern Guangzhou, designed by engineers from France and Germany. Construction began in 1915 and was completed in two phases, finishing in 1919. The main building is five stories high, with the ground floor as the base.

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The building faces north to south, has a concave plan, and covers an area of 6,500 square meters. The facades of the second and third floors feature giant column-style and arched column structures. Originally, the first and third floors had reinforced concrete slabs, while the second, fourth, and fifth floors had wooden slabs. The building is 28.57 meters high and 37.14 meters wide. The central part of the building uses a double giant column style, with an arc-shaped staircase connecting the exterior to the second floor.

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The fourth floor has square window openings and double round wall columns, while the fifth floor features double square wall columns. One can reach the rooftop terrace along a semicircular staircase, with a central empty octagonal hall.

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In 1979, during maintenance, the building’s foundation was reinforced according to the seismic requirements of the Guangzhou area, and the wooden slabs on the second, fourth, and fifth floors were replaced with reinforced concrete slabs, while the majestic appearance of the exterior was preserved. The entire building is stable in shape, well-proportioned, and the interior space is tall, bright, and spacious.

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The building is not open to the public for office visits; only the exterior can be visited, and the specific business status is subject to the day’s opening conditions.

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