Sanshui District has obvious advantages in transportation location, neighboring Huadu District of Guangzhou City in the east, connected with Nanhai District of Foshan City in the southeast, bordering with Sihui City in the northwest, connecting with Qingcheng District and Qingxin District of Qingyuan City in the north, and facing Gaoyao District of Zhaoqing City and Gaoming District of Foshan City across the Xijiang River.
Sanshui District has more than 200,000 overseas Chinese living abroad and compatriots in Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and is one of the famous overseas Chinese hometowns in Guangdong Province.
Sanshui District is an important production base for automobile parts, medical devices, automated machinery and equipment, electronic appliances, electronic and electrical appliances, beverages and food.
Sanshui is known as "China's first affluent longevity hometown", "China's beverage capital" and "National Food Safety Demonstration Zone".
Sanshui is located in the northwestern border of Guangzhou-Foshan city, the center of Guangzhou-Foshan-Zhaoxing economic circle, and is one of the important core cities of Foshan City and Zhaoqing City.