Guzhen Town is located in the northwest of Zhongshan City and adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao SARs.Covering a total area of 47.8 square km , it has a resident population of 67,000 and a floating population of 70,000. As the hinterland of the Pearl River Delta Economic Zone, Guzhen has long been an ideal place for foreign investment as well as trade and economic cooperation.

Since China's adoption of the reform and opening-up policy more than two decades ago, Guzhen has turned from a single agricultural town into an industry-leading one with outstanding local economic characteristics.By far,Guzhen has successively won the great honors of being "one of Guangdong's First Satellite Towns of Industry","one of the Top 100 Towns with Sound Investment Environment","one of the National Top 100 Towns for Forestation","the National Clean Town",and so on.In Guzhen，individually and privately owned businesses are flourishing,accounting for more than 90% of the town's total economic volume.

With lighting as the leading industry,Guzhen has developed into the biggest lighting manufacturing base and wholesale market in China,and was awarded the honor of "China Lighting Capital" by China Federation Of Light Industry and China Association of Lighting Industry.Flowers and plants growing is another characteristic in the town's economy,which has made Guzhen "one of Guangdong's Top 10 Demonstration Areas for Agriculture Modernization".Meanwhile,Guzhen has also exerted great efforts into township construction over the past years.

A number of new buildings such as the International Hotel,Lighting Plaza,Guzhen Multi-function Gymnasium,the township government office building and Lighting Capital Residential Garden,which fully show the combination of both European and South China architecture styles,have shot up in the town,attracting the flows of people,goods and capital of a radius of 50 km．A world famous town suitable for investment,living in，recreation,tourism and business has come into being.