Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Limited is a state-owned company authorized by Guangzhou Government to manage state assets. It is specialized in manufacturing and sales of Chinese patent medicines and western medicines, including Chinese and western drugs, medical apparatuses, biological medicines, healthcare foods and hygienic materials, as well as development of medicine-related products. The company also deals with import and export and real estate development. It is a large-scale company group integrated with technology, industry and trade, under priority support from Guangzhou City Government for development. The company is listed into top 1000 companies (holdings) in China in 2000. It has set a enterprise postdoctoral research station, provincial key engineering technical center. It is top 50 industrial enterprises in Guangdong and the core enterprise of medicine industry in Guangzhou.

　 　Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Holdings Ltd controls two listed companies --"Guangzhou Pharmaceutical " and "Baiyunshan ", respectively listed in Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Shanghai Stock Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange. It also owns a group of sole investment subsidiaries and mutual share-holding subsidiaries. The Holdigs offer over 1000 medicines, with 45 state-protected medicines , 20 exclusive state Chinese medicines, mainly including Xiaokewan, , Huatuo Zaizhaowan, Xiashangju, Shedan Chuanbei Zhike series and fatty milk etc. Some items are awarded as state and provincial quality products. The "GP" characteristics of high efficiency, quality and novelty package have been formed.

　　The companies of the Holdings have production plants renovated in accordance with requirements of GMP and advanced pharmacy equipments and production lines, strict production and quality management system, with the whole production process completely in accordance with the GMP standard. Some products are certified by FDA and TGA. The medicines are sold to Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and other over 60 countries and regions in South Asia and Europe and America. The affiliated commercial companies of the Holdings have complete wholesale and retail network, including over 200 "Jianmin" medicine chained stores and "Caizhilin" medicine chained stores in Guangzhou.

　　The Holdings Ltd emphasizes development of new products. It has the provincial level engineering technical research and development center and drug non-clinical safety appraisal laboratory, Modern Chinese Medicine R&D Center, Baidi Biological Medicine Development Company.In hi-tech medicine research, it has the techniques of nation advanced controlled release formulation, supercritical carbon dioxide extracting, macroporous resin absorption and experimental animal Beagle dog standard feeding etc.