Gaoyao county-level city,under the jurisdiction of Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province, is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River, 90 kilometers from Guangzhou and 138 nautical miles from Hong Kong. It is adjacent to Sanshui District, Foshan City in the east, Yuncheng District, Yunfu City, Deqing County, Zhaoqing City in the west, Gaoming District, Yunfu City, Xinxing County, Foshan City in the south, Duanzhou District, Dinghu District, Guangning County, and Sihui City, Zhaoqing City in the north. Gaoyao District has 16 towns and Nan'an Street Offices, and 279 villagers committees, 73 community residents committees. The land area is 2186 square kilometers, and the cultivated land area is 19900 hectares. According to the data of the seventh population census, as of 0:00 on November 1, 2020, the permanent population of Gaoyao District was 741591.

Gaoyao District is one of the famous hometown of overseas Chinese in Guangdong Province, with more than 130000 overseas Chinese, distributed in more than 30 countries and regions around the world. Located in the one-hour economic circle with Guangzhou as the center, it is the transportation hub connecting the Silk Road and the Land Silk Road in Shanghai in history, belonging to the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhao Economic Circle and the economic development center of Zhaoqing City.

In 2020, the gross domestic product of Gaoyao District will reach 43.95 billion yuan, an increase of 3.2%; Among them, the added value of the primary industry was 9.95 billion yuan, up 3.3%; The added value of the secondary industry was 21.62 billion yuan, up 4.4%; The added value of the tertiary industry was 12.38 billion yuan, up 0.7%. The proportion of the three industrial structures was adjusted from 21.5:50.3:28.2 in 2019 to 22.6:49.2:28.2.