Cenxi City was called Yi Prefecture in ancient times. Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region is under the jurisdiction of county-level cities, administered by Wuzhou; Located in the southeast of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, at the junction of Guangxi and Guangzhou, it is one of the junction points of the communication between Guangxi and Guangzhou and the Pearl River Delta economic circle and the Great Southwest. High terrain southeast, low northwest. It is a typical subtropical monsoon climate area. The total area is 2783 square kilometers. According to the seventh census data, as of midnight on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Cenxi City was 724,364.

As of 2013, Cenxi has jurisdiction over 14 towns: Cencheng, Nuodong, Chengjian, Guiyi, Jingzhu, Daye, Limu, Dalong, Nandu, Ma Road, Sanbao, Botang, Anping and Shuiwen.
On January 9, 2019, Niu Niang Opera was selected into the list of "Hometown of Chinese Folk Culture and Art" from 2018 to 2020.
In 2021, the gross domestic product (GDP) of Cenxi reached 23.257 billion yuan, with a year-on-year growth of 10.1% and a two-year average growth of 8.7% at comparable prices.