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In this section of Discover Dongguan, we have provided you with the following information:

• Facts (highlights of Dongguan)
• Major headlines (noteworthy current events)

FACTS

Dongguan is:

• the largest manufacturing base of personal computer parts and accessories
• the first city in China to hold a international fashion fair (China – Humen - International Fashion Fair)
• the biggest foreign-invested furniture manufacturing base in China (represents 1/5th of China’s total)
• home to China’s largest copper clad laminate plant (responsible for 1/4th of China’s output)
• is China's most significant wool industry (supply and manufacture base)
• home to the longest steel suspension girder bridge in China (Humen Bridge)
• the largest inland port in south China (Xinsha Port in Machong Town - ten berths for 35,000 tons vessels)
• no. 3 in China for total foreign trade volume (7 consecutive years)
  

Major headlines

November - 2009
Dongguan, along with two other cities of Guangdong Province have implemented significant restrictions on heavy polluting industries. The region has ordered a halt to any further expansion of three major polluting industries in the Pearl River Delta area, cement, ceramics and plate glass production facilities. These new regulations also affect both old and new companies, along with any proposals to expand existing facilities. Environmental protection is important to the region.

October - 2009
2010 marks the year of the Shanghai World Expo, and its main building be the China Pavilion. The design of the 2010 Expo landmark building was made by a Dongguan native. Currently, at 71 years of age, He Jingtang has created his most amazing works. His latest completed designs, the 2008 Beijing Olympics wrestling and badminton venues, have gained public admiration. The soon to be complete China Pavilion will stand as a red oriental crown towering over Shanghai’s Expo Park.
Dongguan is home to one of China’s most famed opera groups - Luo Jiabao Youth Cantonese Opera Troupe. The troupe was founded in 2004 by Luo Jiabao (who created the characteristic forceful and rhythmic tone called xia qiang in Cantonese Opera) and Zheng Quanhui, a retired judge and Yueju amateur. Despite a shrinking fan base, the 300-year-old Yueju was included in UNESCO's list of Intangible Cultural Heritage and is admired by all who watch a performance.