Sanyuanli Subdistrict

Sanyuanli Subdistrict (Chinese: 三元里街道; pinyin: Sānyuánlǐ Jiēdào; Jyutping: saam¹ jyun⁴ lei⁵ gaai¹ dou⁶) is a subdistrict of Baiyun District, Guangzhou, People's Republic of China.^[1] As of 2020, it has 13 residential communities (社区) under its administration.^[2]

Sanyuanli Subdistrict 三元里街道
Subdistrict
Coordinates: 23°09′48″N 113°15′30″E
Country	People's Republic of China
Province	Guangdong
Sub-provincial city	Guangzhou
District	Baiyun
Area
• Total	6.8 km2 (2.6 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+8 (China Standard Time)

Local African community

See also: Africans in Guangzhou § 2025 Sanyuanli Police raid rumors

Sanyuanli is one of the neighborhoods in Guangzhou with a relatively large African migrant community.^[3]

In May 20, 2025, rumors went viral online of over 3000 police officers raiding Sanyuanli in an effort to deport illegal migrants. In May 27, 2025, the subdistrict government dismissed these claims as false, noting the increased presence of police was due to security for the subdistrict's reconstruction efforts, and were unrelated to illegal migrants in the area.^[3][4]

See also

• List of township-level divisions of Guangdong