It also cooperates with MTR Corporation in Hong Kong in operating the Guangdong Through Train passenger service.

The market capitalization of Guangshen Railway Co., Ltd. is around HK$5 billion in January 2016.

Its H shares were listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 1996; the ADR of the H shares also listed in the New York Stock Exchange in the same year.

It is currently the only Chinese railway enterprise with shares listed in Shanghai, Hong Kong and New York.

In June 2017 in partnership with MTR Corporation, the company was shortlisted to bid for the West Coast Partnership franchise in the United Kingdom.