Dongguan (Simplified Chinese: 东莞; pinyin: Dōngguǎn) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and Foshan to the west. It is also home to the world's largest shopping mall, South China Mall. City administration is considered especially progressive in seeking foreign direct investment (see below). Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... The seat of government is the location of the government for a political entity. ... Spanning an area of 24. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Square kilometre (US spelling: Square kilometer), symbol km², is an SI unit of surface area. ... ISO 4217 Code CNY User(s) Mainland of the Peoples Republic of China Inflation 1. ... This list hopes to rank cities in the Peoples Republic of China by GDP per capita in Renminbi (人民币), aka yuan (å…ƒ). According to administrative divisions of China, there are three level of cities:municipalities, prefecture-level cities, and county-level cities. ... Ethnolinguistic map of China The Peoples Republic of China (PRC) is a multi-ethnic unitary state and, as such, officially recognizes 56 nationalities or mínzú (民族), within China: the Han being the majority (>92%), and the remaining 55 nationalities being the national minorities. ... Languages Chinese languages Religions Predominantly Taoism, Mahayana Buddhism, traditional Chinese religions, and atheism. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... The Communist Party of China (CPC) (official name, though almost universally known in English as the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)) (Simplified Chinese: ; Traditional Chinese: ; pinyin: Zhōngguó GòngchÇŽndÇŽng) is the ruling political party of the Peoples Republic of China, a position guaranteed by the countrys... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... The Chinese Telephone Code Plan is the way to group telephone numbers in mainland China. ... The Postal code for the Peoples Republic of China is under a numeric 6-digit system for the whole country. ... Blue PRC licence plates of the 1992 standard (August 2004 image). ... Binomial name Magnolia denudata Yulan magnolia, Magnolia denudata, is native to central and eastern China. ... Simplified Chinese characters (Simplified Chinese: 简体字; Traditional Chinese: 簡體字; pinyin: jiǎntǐzì; also called 简化字/簡化字, jiǎnhuàzì) are one of two standard character sets of printed contemporary Chinese written language. ... It has been suggested that Pinyin method be merged into this article or section. ... A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Guangdong, often spelt as Kwangtung, is a province on the south coast of the Peoples Republic of China. ... A province, in the context of China, is a translation of sheng (省 shÄ›ng), which is an administrative division of China. ... Map of Pearl River Delta (details) The Pearl River Delta (PRD, Chinese: 珠江三角洲; Mandarin Pinyin: ZhÅ« Jiāng SānjiÇŽozhōu; Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: zyu1 gong1 saam1 gok3 zau1), China, occupies the low-lying areas alongside the Pearl River estuary where the river flows into the South China Sea. ... Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in southern mainland China. ... Huizhou (Simplified Chinese: 惠州; Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Shenzhen (Sham Chun or Shamchun in old documents) is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, located at the border with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ... Foshan (Chinese: 佛山; Hanyu Pinyin: ) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, Peoples Republic of China. ... South China Mall, in Dongguan, China is the largest mall in the world. ... Foreign direct investment (FDI) is defined as a long-term investment by a foreign direct investor in an enterprise resident in an economy other than that in which the foreign direct investor is based. ...

Administration

The prefecture-level city of Dongguan administers 3 county-level divisions, all of which are districts. A prefecture-level city (地级市 Pinyin: dìjí shì, literally region-level city) or prefecture-level municipality is an administrative division of the Peoples Republic of China, ranking below a province and above a county in Chinas administrative structure. ... Due to Chinas large population and area, the political divisions of China have always consisted of several levels since ancient times. ... District, in the context of China, is used to refer to several unrelated political divisions in both ancient and modern China. ...

• Dongcheng District (东城区)
• Wanjiang District (万江区)
• Nancheng District (南城区)

The city government also directly administers the following 25 towns. When referring to Political Divisions of China, town is the standard English translation of the Chinese 镇 (zhèn). ...

• Mayong Town (麻涌镇)
• Shilong Town (石龙镇)
• Humen Town (虎门镇)
• Daojiao Town (道滘镇)
• Shijie Town (石碣镇)
• Hongmei Town (洪梅镇)
• Liaobu Town (寮步镇)
• Dalingshan Town (大岭山镇)
• Dalang Town (大朗镇)
• Huangjiang Town (黄江镇)
• Zhangmutou Town (樟木头镇)
• Fenggang Town (凤岗镇)
• Tangxia Town (塘厦镇)
• Qingxi Town (清溪镇)
• Changping Town (常平镇)
• Qiaotou Town (桥头镇)
• Hengli Town (横沥镇)
• Dongkeng Town (东坑镇)
• Qishi Town (企石镇)
• Shipai Town (石排镇)
• Chashan Town (茶山镇)
• Chang'an Town (长安镇)
• Gaobu Town (高埗镇)
• Shatian Town (沙田镇)
• Wangniudun Town (望牛墩镇)
• Xiegang Town (谢岗镇)
• Zhongtang Town (中堂镇)
• Houjie Town (厚街镇)

Shilong (Chinese: 石龙; Hanyu Pinyin: Shī Lōng) is the name of a town in China. ... Humen (虎门镇) is a town within the Dongguan prefecture-level city near Bocca Tigris in the Pearl River Delta, in the Guangdong Province of southern China. ... Qingxi (Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is an industrial town located in the western part of Dongguan prefecture-level city, Guangdong province, China. ... ChangPing (long peace) is where Dongguan Train Station is located. ... Qiaotou (桥头) is the name of several population centers in China including: Qiaotou, Dongguan, Guangdong Qiaotou, Jiangyan, Taizhou, Jiangsu Qiaotou, Pingshan, Benxi, Liaoning Qiaotou, Xiufeng, Guilin, Guangxi Qiaotou, Yongjia, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, button capital of the world Qiaotou, Yuanzhou, Yichun, Jiangxi Hutiaoxia Town, formerly Qiaotou Ciaotou (Chinese: ; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Chiao... Hengli Town is a small city located close to ChangPing in the county of Dongguan (provience of Guangdong). ... Chashan (Simplified Chinese: 茶山; Traditional Chinese: 茶山; pinyin:cháshān) is a town in Guangdong Province of southern China. ... Changan Town (长安镇; 長安鎮, pinyin: Chángān zhèn) is an industrial town within the Dongguan prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta, in the Guangdong Province of southern China. ... Wangniudun is a county within the Dongguan prefecture-level city in the Pearl River Delta, in the Guangdong Province of southern China. ...

Geography and climate

Guan Yin Shan (Kuan Yin Mountain) in Dongguan, China

The urban center of Dongguan is 50 km away from that of Guangzhou to its north, 90 km away from Shenzhen to its south, 47 sea miles away from Hong Kong and 48 sea miles from Macao by waterway. Dongguan is a must-pass-by locality from Guangzhou to Hong Kong by road or waterway. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1960x480, 124 KB) Summary Guan Yin mountain in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, Peoples Republic of China. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1960x480, 124 KB) Summary Guan Yin mountain in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, Peoples Republic of China. ... km redirects here. ... Guangzhou is the capital and the sub-provincial city of Guangdong Province in southern mainland China. ... Shenzhen (Sham Chun or Shamchun in old documents) is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, located at the border with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ...

Demographics

Dongguan has around 7 million inhabitants, although many are not official city residents. Many of the manufacturing facilities of the Dongguan area attract workers from far away towns and provinces, but these workers often cannot obtain official city residency. Such workers typically live in company supplied apartment buildings and visit their hometowns once or twice a year.

Dongguan is also a known hometown for many overseas Chinese, the root for over 700,000 people in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macao and over 200,000 nationals living abroad.

Travel and Transport

Many foreign travelers to Dongguan fly into Hong Kong, where a visa not required for US and some European passport holders. After landing, visitors pass through Hong Kong immigration and customs.

One can travel from Hong Kong to Dongguan by bus, ferry, or train. Traveling via bus requires the visitor to ride the bus from the Hong Kong airport to the Hong Kong/China border, deboarding the bus, going through Chinese customs and immigration, then reboard the bus for the rest of the trip to Dongguan.

Using the ferry is the most convenient way to get there from Hong Kong, because it allows you to avoid queues at the very busy border checkpoints between Hong Kong and mainland China.

Passengers travelling by train must depart from Hung Hom KCR station. Facade of the Hung Hom station, in front of the Hong Kong Coliseum Platform of the station Hung Hom (Chinese: 紅磡, Cantonese IPA: ; Jyutping: hung4 ham3; Mandarin Pinyin: Hóngkàn; lit. ...

The Humen Pearl River Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Pearl River. Completed in 1997, it has a main span of 888 m. The Humen Pearl River Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Pearl River in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. ... A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that has been made since ancient times as early as CE 100. ... Pearl River in Guangzhou Pearl River at night, Guangzhou The Zhu Jiang, (珠江 Pinyin: Zhū Jiāng), or Pearl River, is Chinas third longest river (2,200 km, after the Yangtze River and the Yellow River), and second largest by volume (after the Yangtze). ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ...

Foreign Direct Investment

City administration is considered especially progressive in seeking foreign direct investment. In 2005, the city hosted the first-ever Sino-American Forum of Intellectual Property Rights, co-organized by the Patent Protection Association of China - PPAC and the International Association for Technology Trade - IATT® as well as what has been identified as the world's largest educational technology conference and expo, co-organized by IATT and the International Society for Technology in Education - ISTE, attracting nearly 40,000 attendees in its first year. In law, intellectual property (IP) is an umbrella term for various legal entitlements which attach to certain names, written and recorded media, and inventions. ... The International Association for Technology Trade is a consortium of technology organizations, strategic advisors, government agencies and corporate members seeking to generate successful global business opportunities – with a key focus on China and emerging economies. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ...

The Dongguan Science & Technology Museum (opened in December 2005), the high tech commerce park in the SongShan Lake district (which debuted in 2003) and a partnership with the Global IT Academy of the Brea Olinda Unified School District in Southern California have demonstrated the city's emphasis on attracting technology business. The city also announced in 2005 a planned investment of US$500-Million over five years for technology infrastructure improvements.

While the city is the third largest exporting region in China, behind Shanghai and Shenzhen (and a major center for Taiwanese investment), outside of China, Dongguan has yet to gain the kind of name recognition realized by Shenzhen (just an hour away, and down-river from Dongguan). This may be because the city has placed an emphasis on investing in infrastructure, rather than directly targeting major corporations with financial incentives for economic development. Still, Dongguan has been identified by high level representatives of the National Development and Reform Commission - NDRC of the central government as being one of the most significant growth regions for technology in the coming years. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Shenzhen (Sham Chun or Shamchun in old documents) is a sub-provincial city of Guangdong province in southern China, located at the border with the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ... NDRC is a four-letter acronym. ...

See also

• Guangdong Southern Tigers
• Lanwa FC plays in the Hong Kong, not Chinese, football pyramid
• Dongguan New Century
• Tourist Information on WikiTravel

Guangdong Hongyuan Southern Tigers (广东宏远宝玛仕华南虎) or Guangdong Southern Tigers or Guangdong Hongyuan are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, based in Dongguan, Guangdong. ... Lanwa Redbull (Chinese:聯華紅牛) is a football club and bases in Dongguan, Peoples Republic of China. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Dongguan New Century Leopards (东莞新世纪烈豹) or Dongguan Leopards or Dongguan New Century are a basketball team in the South Division of the Chinese Basketball Association, who take their name from Dongguan, Guangdong and play home games at Dalang (大朗). They were runners-up in the 2004 CBL championship and were promoted to...

External links

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• Government website of Dongguan (available in Chinese and English)
• Dongguan Bureau of Foreign Trade & Economic Cooperation (Chinese and English)
• IATT - International Association for Technology Trade
• Satellite Image of Dongguan

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