Guangzhou city officials have agreed to investigate the property and financial records in Wanggang village and put a village party committee election on hold.
The moves to appease protesting villagers came after about 1,000 Wanggang residents, angered by land seizures and alleged official corruption, rallied in front of Guangzhou city's government headquarters on Tuesday.
They vowed to turn their urban village, under the Jiahe subdistrict in the city's Baiyun district, into 'Guangdong's second Wukan' - referring to the three months of protests late last year by villagers from Wukan in the province's east with similar complaints.
The Wanggang villagers' demonstration came as the annual session of the Guangdong provincial people's congress came to a close.
The conciliatory gestures by officials were seen as a continuation of Guangdong party secretary Wang Yang's use of the 'Wukan approach' to address public grievances over land issues with a speedy response and peaceful negotiations.
Three hours after villagers began protesting at the city's People's Park, vice-mayor Xie Xiaodan was sent to negotiate with five village representatives. Xie promised a thorough probe would be conducted, with a reply by February 19.