It is a transportation center of high-speed railways, regular trains, buses, metro Line 1 and coaches.

[2] It has a total construction area of 251,134 square meters (2,703,184 sq ft),[3] while some sources claim a larger area of 267,471 square meters (2,879,034 sq ft),[2] and cost 6.07 billion yuan (988.05 million USD) to build.

[2][3] The overall shape of Nanning East Station is based on the theme of “Southern Gate, Rising Green City”.

The pedestal adopts the shape of a corridor bridge, echoing the upper colonnade, which reflects the characteristics of the Guangxi veranda.

The upper storey adopts a combination of triple eave roofs with different heights, which is lifted layer by layer, reflecting the characteristics of modern Guangxi's “rising by taking advantage of the potential”; the giant pillars on both sides of the north and south entrances are full and solid, supporting the central roof, showing the momentum of the “China South Gate”; the twelve pillars of the two-wing colonnade symbolize the twelve tribes of inhabitants of Guangxi; the branches on the top of the pillars stretch to form a whole, and the rhombus texture of the roof is intertwined, shaped like the crown of a large tree full of leaves.

This not only shows the multi-ethnic harmony of Guangxi's solidarity and mutual aid, but also fully reflects the ecological characteristics of Nanning as a "Green City".