[Objective] To investigate antibiotic resistance and epidemiological characteristics of blaCTX-M gene of Escherichia coli from retail livestock and chicken meat in Guangzhou. [Methods]E. coli was isolated from retail livestock and chicken meat samples in different regional retail markets and fresh supermarket in Guangzhou. Those isolates were identified by the gene phoA and sequencing. Drug susceptibility was determined by agar diffusion and broth microdilution method. The blaCTX-M gene was detected using PCR amplification. Whole genome sequencing was performed in all blaCTX-M-positive E. coli.[Results] A total of 241 strains were isolated from 323 meat samples. The drug susceptibility test shows that those strains were highly resistant to ampicillin (63.07%), doxycycline (47.72%) and sulfamethoxazole/trimethoprim (43.15%). The prevalence of blaCTX-M gene was 3.32% (n=8), which contained 4 blaCTX-M-14-positive strains, 3 blaCTX-M-65-positive strains and 1 blaCTX-M-55-positive strain. Eight CTX-M-producing E. coli were divided into four distinct ST types, which carried multiple resistance genes and virulence genes.[Conclusion] The contamination of E. coli was serious in retail meat. All CTX-M-producing E. coli were multi-resistant strains, and the dissemination of blaCTX gene was mainly due to horizontal transfer, which needs further surveillance.