Gaoyao District, Zhaoqing City, Guangdong Province jurisdiction, is located in the central part of Guangdong Province, the middle and lower reaches of the Xijiang River, 90 kilometers from Guangzhou, Hong Kong 138 nautical miles, east of Foshan City, Sanshui District, west of Yunfu City, Yuncheng District, Zhaoqing City, Deqing County, south of Foshan City, Gaoming District, Yunfu City, Xinxing County, north of Zhaoqing City, Duanzhou District, Dinghu District, Guangning County, Sihui City, Gaoyao District, under the jurisdiction of the 16 towns and the south bank of the street office, 279 village Committee, 73 community resident committees. The land area is 2,186 square kilometers, with 19,900 hectares of cultivated land. According to the seventh population census data, as of zero hour on November 1, 2020, the resident population of Gaoyao District is 741,591 people.
Gaoyao District, where Guangfu, Hakka and boat-dwelling cultures meet and mingle, is one of the famous overseas Chinese hometowns in Guangdong Province, with more than 130,000 overseas Chinese distributed in more than 30 countries and regions around the world. Gao Yao is located in Guangzhou as the center of the 1-hour economic circle, is the history of the Upper Silk Road and the land Silk Road docking transportation hub, belongs to the Pearl River Delta, Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoqing Economic Circle and Zhaoqing City, the central area of economic development.
In 2022, Gao Yao District realized a GDP of 54.21 billion yuan, a year-on-year growth of 3.5% at constant prices.