On April 20, 2016, Star48 Media held a press conference in Beijing to announce the establishment of the SNH48 sister groups BEJ48 and GNZ48, and launched the first phase of the GNZ48 recruitment campaign.

GNZ48 is a girl idol group that conducts performing arts activities in Guangzhou which built on the “idols you can meet” concept by regularly organizing “handshake” events where fans can meet group members.

Its theater is located at Zhongtai International Plaza in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, and opened on April 29, 2016.

[3] The GNZ48 Theatre opened on April 29, with Team Gnz holding its first performance of its 1st Stage, "Theater no Megami".

[7] On August 26, they held the "Love Music Wing Up" GNZ48 Dream Departure (Chinese: "爱音乐 翼起来" GNZ48梦想启航) Show Case Concert at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.

[8] On October 1, Huang Lirong and Xiang Yun were added to Team G, and Zeng Aijia and Gao Yuanjing were appointed captain and vice-captain respectively.

[20] On August 11, Team G began its third stage, "Two-Faced Idol" (Chinese: 双面偶像).

[21] On September 15, Team Z premiered the performance of "Code, The west of LinHe" (Chinese: 代号·林和西).

The title track's lyrics were written by members Feng Jiaxi and Luo Hanyue, and its music video was done as a collaboration with the Guangdong Southern Tigers.

[24] On October 1, GNZ48 3 Generation trainee premiered the "Idol Research Program" (Chinese: 偶像研究计划) performance.

On January 12, 2018, Team Z premiered the "Trigonometric Function" (Chinese: 三角函数) performance.

The recruitment includes the recruitment of SNH48 Group members, Siba Media Group idol trainees (Korean model trainees) and Mina actor studio (film and television performers), not limited to men and women, selected players will receive professional artist training at home and abroad.

On October 5, the following issues were published on the special performance of the Trainee "Idol Research Project": Announced the release of four six-generation memberss;[30] On October 6, GNZ48 top 16 members held the "PVC Sisters Love" tour in Vientiane World Shenzhen.

During the October 1 National Day show in 2016 in Guangzhou, GNZ48 members performed "Me and My Motherland" (我和我的祖国), and were criticized for singing out of tune, out of sync and even forgetting the lyrics.