晉、南北朝沿用南海郡，番禺為郡治。呢個時候，中原北部仲係成日打仗，漢人就成班咁走佬來相對安定嘅嶺南，促進咗廣州一帶啲經濟發展。由於外國啲貨物由廣州港內運方便過交趾，兩晉南北朝時代，個海外貿易中心就由交趾轉移咗到廣州，廣州港嘅海上貿易慢慢就繁榮起身。當其時輸入嘅商品主要有象牙、犀角、珠璣、玳瑁、琉璃、蘇合、鬱金、吉貝呢啲之類。出口貨物就係綾、絹、絲、錦等為主。
The Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties continued to use Nanhai County, and Panyu was the county government. At this time, there were still frequent wars in the northern part of the Central Plains, and the Han people ran away from the relatively stable Lingnan, which promoted the economic development of the Guangzhou area. Due to the convenience of some foreign goods from the port of Guangzhou to Jiaozhi, during the era of the two Jin and Northern Dynasties, an overseas trade center was transferred from Jiaozhi to Guangzhou, and the maritime trade of the port of Guangzhou slowly prospered. At that time, the main imported goods were ivory, rhino horn, pearls, tortoiseshell, glaze, Suhe, tulip, Jibei and so on. The export goods are mainly silk, silk, silk, brocade, etc.