Guangxi has abundant natural resources that constitute to its advantages. It is on the sea-shore, river-shore and border-shore and located in the joint between China and ASEAN countries. Backing on southwest China and connecting with broad economic hinterland in south and central China, Guangxi enjoys unique and favorable geographical advantages. For years, Guangxi has been endeavoring to build up a passage to sea for southwest regions and strengthen the infrastructure construction. Presently, Guangxi is provided with good infrastructure.

(I) Geographical advantages
Guangxi enjoys geographical advantages of sea-shore, river-shore and border-shore, being the meeting point of the East, Central and West parts of China mainland. It is the joint of South China Economic Circle, Southwest China Economic Circle and ASEAN Economic Circle. Guangxi is also the shortcut to sea for southwest and northwest regions and the important passage connecting Guangdong Province, Hong Kong, Macao and the west regions in China. In particular, with the establishment of China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone, Guangxi, as the pivot linking Southwest China, South China, Central South China and ASEAN market, will play an important strategic role in ASEAN market that possesses 0.53 billion population and the market in Pan- Pearl River economic circle that consists of 0.54 billion population.
-----The sea-shore advantages. Guangxi shares zigzag coastline but with only straight distance of 185 kilometers, being of 11.6% of the total coastline. From the east to west are distributed with Tieshan Port, Lianzhou Port, Sanniang Port, Qinzhou Port, Fangcheng Port and Pearl Port etc, which form 揳 coastline decorated with natural ports? There are altogether 21 ports of any size and scale, among which 5 ports including Fangcheng Port, Qinzhou Port, Beihai Port, Pearl Port and Tieshan Port are suitable for constructing 10000 tonnage berths. Their annual throughput for exploitation will reach over 20 million tons. The ports in Guangxi are featured with deep water, small waves and sheltering from wind and billow. They are not very far from Hong Kong, Macao and Southeast Asian ports. Beihai Port is 425 kilometers from Hong Kong Port; Qinzhou Port is 1338 kilometers from Singapore Port; Fangcheng Port is 151 kilometers from Haiphong Port of Vietnam and 1439 kilometers from Bangkok Port of Thailand.
-----The border-shore advantages.  Guangxi has 8 counties (cities) that border on Vietnam. The existing frontier ports amount to 12, among which 5 ports such as Dongxing, Pinxiang, Youyiguan, Shuikou and Longbang belong to national ports of Class I. In addition, there are 25 border-trading markets. All frontier ports and border-trading markets are accessible by highways. It is only 18 kilometers from Youyi Passage of Pinxiang City to Lang Son City of Vietnam and 180 kilometers to Hanoi City, the capital of Vietnam. Xiang-Gui Railway links with Vietnam railways, which reach Hanoi City. The opening of border areas in Guangxi provides an ideal place for direct trading between China and Southeast Asian countries, bi-lateral, multi-lateral and transit trade as well as the development of export processing.
-----The river-shore advantages. Xijiang River, part of Pearl River water system, flows through Wuzhou, Guigang and other cities of Guangxi. Xijiang River reaches Yunnan and Guizhou Province in the west and flows towards the east and into sea via Guangzhou. The annual runoff of Xijiang River is 5 times as that of Yellow River and 4.5 times as that of Rhen River in Germany. There are 77 inland ports with annual throughput of over 10 thousand tons along Xijiang River within Guangxi boundary. After the improvement with major investment by the State, the transportation capacity of Xijiang River is next to Yangtse River, the largest river in China. Wuzhou City, at the upper reaches of Xijiang River, is a commercial inland port of Guangxi with long history. It is about 400 kilometers sailing from Wuzhou down to Hong Kong and Macao. Wuzhou Port is the sixth largest inland port in China. Xijiang River is a “Golden Waterway” linking Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangdong Province as well as Hong Kong and Macao.

(II) Natural resources advantages
Mineral resources. Guangxi is rich in mineral resources, especially non-ferrous metals. Guangxi is the hometown of non-ferrous metals in China, where there are 145 known minerals, among which 97 has been verified of its deposits, accounting for 45.75% of the likes in China. The minerals that rank the top in China in verified deposits include manganese, antimony, heavy rare earth, hafnium, scandium, arsenic, limestone for making chemical fertilizer, piezoelectric quartz, agate, shale as compound for cement, clay bentonitic and so forth 12 minerals. There are 39 minerals which verified deposits rank from the second to the sixth in China, such as tin, vanadium, tungsten, niobate-tantalate, aluminum, zirconium, talc etc.  In addition, there are 64 minerals of which the verified deposits rank among the ten tops in China.
-----Hydropower resources. Guangxi has many rivers flowing through with great hydropower reserve. The theoretical reserve is 21.33 million kw and the installed capacity for development is 18.97 million kw. Hongshuihe River is reputed as (Rich Mine) and “Energy Treasure House”in hydropower field in China, being one of the three major hydropower bases of China enjoying the priority for development and the major part of  “West-to-East power transmission” project. Longtan Hydropower Station and Baise water conservancy project, as the key investment projects for the development of west regions in China, are being constructed
-----Plant resources. Guangxi has numerous rare wilding species. The known wilding amounts to 8354 species, ranking the third in China. The state-protected rare and endangered plant species amount to 122, accounting for 31.6% of the total state-protected species and ranking the second in China. C. Nitidissma, Cathaya, Alsophila spinulosa and Shorea chinensis are categorized as state-protected class I plants. Guangxi has herbal medicine of 4623 species, ranking the second in China. The forest area in Guangxi is 9.82 million hectares with the cover rate of 41.33%.
-----Animal resources. The known terrestrial wild vertebrates in Guangxi amount to 929 species (subspecies), accounting for 43.3% of total in China. Among the wildlife, 149 species belong to state-protected rare animals, accounting for 44.5% of the total in China. 
-----Marine resources. Guangxi has a number of natural bays in Beibu Gulf. It is rich in marine resources, being one of the four famous tropical fisheries in China. There are over 500 species of fish, 200 species of shrimps and 20 species of crabs as well as varieties of seashells, algae and other zobenthos. Hepu Pearls (South Pearls in China) that were reputed since ancient times are marine products from Beibu Gulf. 6400 km2 of shallow sea within 20-meter depth along the coastal line and 1005 km2 of shoal (inter-tidal zone) are favorable for marine aquaculture. Along the coastal line are 7200 hectares of mangrove, which ranks the second in China. The seabed of Beibu Gulf is a rich oil and gas basin with great potentials for exploitation.
-----Tourism resources. Guangxi is one of the tourism provinces in China. Within Guangxi, Guilin serves as the typical natural scenery with green mountains, clean water, fantastic caves and beautiful rocks. Silver Beach in Beihai City belongs to subtropical beach sightseeing. Sino-Vietnam border is embedded with unique and strong ethnic flavor. There are other cultural relics such as wall paintings in Huashan Cliff, Linqu Canal, Zhenwu Pavilion, JinTian remains of the Taiping Peasant Uprising. The national scenic spots include Lijiang River in Guilin City, Xi'an Mountain in Guipin City, Huashan Mountain in Ningming County. In addition, Beihai Silver Beach is enlisted into national holiday resort.