[5] The inaugural men's race took place from 19 to 24 October 2017 and was the final event of the 2017 UCI World Tour.

Subsequent stages passed through Qinzhou, Nanning and Liuzhou, traversing Guangxi from south to north.

[7] Tim Wellens finished first in the General Classification, beating runner-up Bauke Mollema by six seconds.

[13][14][15] In the 2018, 2019 and 2023 editions of the tour, the race took a similar route as in 2017, travelling through Guangxi from Beihai on the south coast to Guilin in the north, with near-identical intermediate stage hosts.

[17] The 2019 edition of the Tour of Guangxi Women's WorldTour took place on 22 October 2019 covered 145 km around Guilin.