In the past 40 years of Reform and Opening-up，with the sustained and rapid growth of social economy in Guangdong Province，the scale of the catering market here represented by Guangdong cuisine has been continuously expanded and its strength has been significantly enhanced. The scale of Guangdong catering market increased from 539 million yuan in 1978 to 368.033 billion yuan in 2017，climbing by 682 times and achieving an average annual growth rate of 18.4%；The added value of Guangdong catering industry accounted for 4.4% of GDP；And the total accumulated income accounted for 11.1% of the total retail sales of consumer goods. In the past 40 years，Guangdong catering industry and Guangdong cuisine have gone through three important stages of development opportunities，including the market mechanism construction stage，the rapid market development stage，and the market consolidation and promotion stage，becoming the largest industry in the consumption field with the highest degree of marketization，the longest sustained growth，the widest social attention，and the largest contribution rate to other industries of Guangdong’s national economy，and has also played a decisive role in promoting the overall development of China’s catering industry.