12 Facts About Dongguan Prefecture

The urban centre of Dongguan Prefecture is 50 kilometres from that of Guangzhou to its north, 90 kilometres from Shenzhen to its south, 47 nautical miles from Hong Kong and 48 nautical miles from Macau by waterway.

Dongguan Prefecture has a dry-winter humid subtropical climate, with abundant sunshine and rainfall over the year.

Dongguan Prefecture is served by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, but primarily by Hong Kong International Airport; ticketed passengers to HKIA can take ferries from the Humen Ferry Terminal in Humen to the HKIA Skypier.

Many foreign travellers to Dongguan Prefecture fly into Hong Kong, which gives visa on arrival to citizens of over 170 countries.

In 2018, G4 Expressway was opened, and Dongguan Prefecture is one of the cities that G4 Expressway approaches.

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Dongguan Prefecture serves as one of the regional railway hubs in Guangdong, where the Guangzhou–Kowloon railway, Guangzhou–Meizhou–Shantou railway and the Beijing–Kowloon railway converge.

Line 2 will link towns in Western Dongguan Prefecture, thereby promoting the connection of the entire downtown area with Houjie, Humen and Chang'an.

Dongguan Prefecture is a major manufacturing hub, although it suffered significant loss of economic activity from the impact of the 2008 financial crisis.

The largest industrial sector is manufacturing of electronics and communications equipment; international companies with facilities in Dongguan Prefecture include DuPont, Samsung Electronics, Nokia, Coca-Cola, Nestle and Maersk.

Nevertheless, Dongguan Prefecture has been identified by high level representatives of the National Development and Reform Commission of the central government as one of the most significant growth regions for technology in the coming years.

In Dongguan Prefecture, manufacturing is prosperous and with a strong tertiary industry and had a total GDP of 501 billion RMB with the scale proportion of the three major industrial sectors standing at 0.

Also, Dongguan Prefecture has built a notoriety within China for its various types of brothels, massage parlours, nightclubs, sauna centres and karaoke bars.