Gubei Watertown's position rests on converting Great Wall tourism into an overnight destination experience, supported by environmental infrastructure. The resort lies in Gubeikou Town, Miyun District, Beijing, at the foot of the Simatai Great Wall, covering nine square kilometers planned as six districts and three valleys. It combines sightseeing, leisure holidays, business conferences and creative culture across theme hotels, boutique hotels, guesthouses, restaurants, shops and cultural exhibition areas, and holds 430,000 square meters of Ming- and Republic-style courtyard buildings.
Its night-tourism programme offers lantern-lit walks on Simatai, lakeside dinners and overnight stays below the Great Wall. Nearly a third of total project investment was directed to ecological and environmental construction, and the resort built drinking-water and wastewater treatment plants.