Maoming City, a prefecture-level city under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province, is located on the coast of the South China Sea, in the southwest of Guangdong Province, and backs the southwest of the motherland. It has jurisdiction over Maonan District and Dianbai District, and takes charge of Gaozhou City, Huazhou City and Xinyi City. There are three economic functional zones: Maoming Binhai New Area, Maoming High-tech Zone and Maoming Shuidongwan New Town. The total administrative area of the city is 11427.63 square kilometers. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent resident population of Maoming City was 6174050.

Located in the central part of western Guangdong, Maoming is the intersection of three national economic zones, namely, the Greater Bay Area of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the Beibu Gulf Urban Agglomeration and the Hainan Free Trade Zone. Maoming is an important petrochemical and energy base in China, a comprehensive hub city in western Guangdong and an important coastal port; Build a new urban development pattern with the east-west coastal development axis, the south-north central development axis, and the "two centers and four clusters". The county economy of Maoming has developed steadily, ranking the top in the east and northwest of Guangdong; Rich in resources, it is the prefecture-level city with the highest total agricultural output value in Guangdong Province.

Maoming is an excellent tourist city in China with all-terrain characteristics; It has the "six points and one line" of coastal tourism, Madame Xian's cultural tourism, beautiful rural customs tourism, mountain sports and leisure tourism and other characteristic tourism sectors. Maoming is an important place of origin, prosperity and inheritance of "Gaoliang Culture". During the Ming and Qing dynasties, Gaozhou Prefecture (today's Maoming area) was an important political, economic and cultural center in western Guangdong. Maoming is the birthplace of the important thought of "Three Represents", "China's top 100 cities with comprehensive strength", "National Garden City", "China's excellent tourist city", "China's famous moon cake city", and "Guangdong's famous moon cake city". In 2022, it was awarded the title of "National Forest City".

In 2021, the gross regional product of Maoming City will be 369.81 billion yuan, up 7.6% year on year and 4.5% on average in two years.