Guangxi has been one of the 18 provinces in the Han Dynasty since ancient times. It is one of the birthplaces of Chinese civilization.
In the Tang Dynasty, it was Lingnan West Road, changed to Guangnan West Road in the Song Dynasty, and set up Guangxi xingzhongshu province in the Yuan Dynasty, which was the beginning of the establishment of Guangxi Province.
During the Qing Dynasty, Guangxi Province was established, and the provincial capital was located in Guilin prefecture (now Guilin city). Guangxi followed the Qing Dynasty as a province; Guangxi was a national model Province during the period of the New Guangxi system rule of the Republic of China.
In 1958, Guangxi Province was changed to "Guangxi Tong autonomous region". With the approval of the State Council in 1965, the "Guangxi Tong autonomous region" was renamed "Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region".
Guangxi is located in the southeast edge of Yunnan Guizhou Plateau in the second step of China's terrain, and in the west of Liangguang hills. The terrain is high in the northwest and low in the southeast, showing an inclination from northwest to Southeast.
The landform is generally composed of mountains, hills, platforms, plains, stone mountains and water surfaces. Guangxi has a subtropical monsoon climate and a tropical monsoon climate. It crosses four major water systems: the Pearl River, the Yangtze River, the Red River and the coastal area.
Located in the south of China, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region covers an area of 236,700 square km with a population of 48.2 million. It shares a border with Vietnam and faces the Beibu Bay. Guangxi, the only region in China that can provide both land and sea accesses to Southeast Asian countries poses a junction between the two huge markets of China and ASEAN. It also boasts unique geographical advantages of situating along the coast as well as an international land border and being cherished by convenient inland waterways.