Guang Light Industry is Guangdong Light Industry Vocational and Technical College, the only provincial-level national demonstration vocational college, the construction unit of "China characteristic high-level vocational school and high-level professional group", the pilot unit of "1+X" certificate of the Ministry of Education, and the pilot unit of undergraduate talent training in vocational colleges. It was approved to set up a doctoral workstation in Guangdong Province and was selected as the National cross-border electronic commerce Professional Training Model School. Party Secretary Du Anguo and Dean Lu Kunjian. The school motto is "Have both ability and political integrity, apply what you have learned".
The school has five campuses, namely Guangzhou Xingang Campus, Guangzhou Pazhou Campus, Nanhai Campus North Campus, Nanhai Campus South Campus and Qingyuan Campus (under construction), covering an area of 2,522 mu and a construction area of 693,700 square meters.
The school has 13 secondary colleges, such as electromechanical college, food and biotechnology college and light chemical engineering college, and 4 collaborative teaching centers, such as industrial robot collaborative teaching center and modern information technology and new engineering collaborative teaching center. There are 13 professional groups, 69 enrollment majors, and 1600 faculty members.