Dongguan currently governs 32 towns

Guancheng District, Dongcheng District, Nancheng District

Wanjiang District, Shilong Town, Humen Town

Zhongtang Town Wangniudun Mayong Town

Shijie Town Gaobu Town Hongmei Town

Daojiao Town Houjie Town Shatian Town

Chang'an Town Liaobu Town Da Lingshan

Dalang Town Huangjiang Town Zhangmutou Town

Fenggang Town Tangxia Town Xiegang Town

Qingxi Town Changping Town Qiaotou Town

Chashan Town, Shipai Town

Attachment: Overview of Dongyuan

Dongguan City is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province. The northeastern part of the Pearl River Delta is 50 kilometers away from Guangzhou in the north and 90 kilometers away from Shenzhen in the south. It is 47 nautical miles from Hong Kong and 48 nautical miles from Macau. It is in the middle of the Guangzhou-Hong Kong Economic Corridor and is the only place for water and land transportation between Guangzhou and Hong Kong.

Simplified map of the administrative region of Dongguan City

Dongguan has a long history. According to historical records: During the Neolithic Age, primitive people settled along the Dongjiang River in its territory. In the Xia Dynasty in the 20th century BC, Dongguan was the site of Nanjiao. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Dongguan belonged to the "Hundred Guangdong Land". In 214 BC, Qin Shihuang unified China, and Dongguan belonged to Panyu County, Nanhai County. During the reign of Emperor Shun of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Panyu was divided into Zengcheng, and Dongguan belonged to Zengcheng. In the middle of 222-228 AD, Dongguan County was established in Zengcheng. Entering the Jin Dynasty, Dongguan County was abolished, and Dongguan belonged to Panyu and Zengcheng.

In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 331), Dongguan was established as a county, named Bao'an. In the second year of Emperor Suzong's reign (757), the city was renamed Dongguan. This is where Dongguan was named as the county. According to legend, it got its name from the abundance of aquatic grass (guancao) in the territory. Dongguan has a glorious revolutionary tradition. More than 150 years ago, Lin Zexu burned cigarettes in Humen, Dongguan, and wrote a glorious chapter in modern Chinese history. This is the place where modern Chinese history began. During the Anti-Japanese War, this was the Dongjiang People’s Anti-Japanese Base Area. Thousands of Dongguan people fought bravely and sacrificed their lives for national independence and national prosperity. The long history and culture and glorious revolutionary tradition make Dongguan a famous historical and cultural city in southern Guangdong.

In the early days of liberation, Dongguan was under the jurisdiction of Dongjiang Administrative Region. In 1952, it became part of the Central Guangdong Administrative Region. In 1956, it belonged to Huiyang District. In 1985, Dongguan was listed as the Pearl River Delta Economic Development Zone with the approval of the State Council. In September of the same year, it was removed from the county and established as a city. In January 1988, it was upgraded to a prefecture-level city, directly under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province.

Dongguan currently governs 32 towns, 546 village committees, and 132 neighborhood committees. The city has a land area of ??2,465 square kilometers, a registered population of 1.5619 million, and a permanent population of more than 6.4 million. In addition, there are more than 700,000 compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and more than 200,000 overseas Chinese. It is a famous hometown of overseas Chinese.

Dongguan belongs to the Pearl River and Dongjiang alluvial plains, with fertile land and rich land and forest resources. Dongguan is adjacent to the South China Sea and is located south of the Tropic of Cancer. It has a subtropical oceanic climate. The climate here is mild, with an average annual temperature of 23.3 degrees Celsius and an average annual precipitation of 2042.6 mm. The terrain slopes from east to west, with most of it consisting of hilly terraces and alluvial plains, surrounded by mountains and the sea, with a coastline of 115.98 kilometers (including internal waterways); it is suitable for the development of both grain production and cash crops. Dongguan is a traditional high-yield agricultural area in my country. It is rich in rice and Lingnan fruits such as bananas, lychees, longans, pineapples, oranges, tangerines, and tangerines. It is also rich in aquatic resources.

Dongguan chose the white magnolia as the city flower of Dongguan City, which symbolizes a pioneering and enterprising spirit.

In the past 20 years of reform and opening up, under the guidance of Deng Xiaoping Theory, Dongguan has insisted on focusing on economic construction, giving full play to its geographical and cultural advantages, vigorously developing an export-oriented economy, and promoting economic development with science and technology. The national economy develops continuously, rapidly and healthily, society continues to progress, and the people's material and spiritual and cultural living standards continue to improve. Dongguan implements an economic internationalization strategy, vigorously attracts foreign investment, and develops an export-oriented economy. Over the past two decades, Dongguan's economy has flourished at an average annual growth rate of 22%. It is one of the top 30 cities in China in terms of comprehensive economic strength. Its foreign trade volume has ranked third among large and medium-sized cities in the country for seven consecutive years, and among prefecture-level cities in the country. First, it has become one of the regions with the fastest economic development in China.

Dongguan City has six economic indicators that rank first in the country in terms of growth. It has formed an export-oriented economic structure dominated by manufacturing and supported by the electronic information industry. It is an international processing and manufacturing base and an important foreign trade export base in China. In 2002, the GDP was 67.227 billion yuan, an increase of 18.4% over the previous year. The total industrial output value was 160.167 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 25.9%. The balance of various deposits was 179.018 billion yuan, a net increase of 33.153 billion yuan over the beginning of the year. By 2002, the actual utilization of foreign capital (excluding external borrowings) was US$15.42 billion. In 2002, the city's customs import and export volume totaled US$44.247 billion, an increase of 28.4% over the previous year. The total export volume was US$23.736 billion, an increase of 25% over the previous year.

In the process of rural industrialization, Dongguan decisively abandoned the idea of ??"building a new socialist countryside" in 1992 and proposed the strategic concept of "building Dongguan according to the modern urban pattern".

Today Dongguan has become a rising international manufacturing city and one of the central cities in Guangdong Province. Dongguan has formed a modern manufacturing system with the electronic and communication equipment manufacturing industry, paper making and paper products industry, food and beverage processing manufacturing industry, and electric steam and hot water production and supply industry as its pillars. Since the reform and opening up, Dongguan has introduced a total of US$15.42 billion in foreign investment. Investors mainly come from more than 20 countries and regions including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Finland, and Australia.

Dongguan has an excellent and complete industrial structure. Most of the world's industrial products can find their supporting industries and products in the "industrial biological chain" of Dongguan's enterprise groups. 95% of the world's IT products can be purchased here. "Dongguan's traffic jam and the world's shortage of goods" have become the best annotation of the world-renowned "Made in Dongguan".

Beijing-Kowloon, Guangmei-Shantou, Guangzhou The infrastructure construction of Dongguan Railway Station, the meeting point of the Jiuzhun High-speed Railway, has made remarkable achievements. The city has built a transportation network including roads, railways, inland rivers, seas and other modes of transportation, as well as modern communications and power networks. The density of graded highways reaches 103.21 kilometers per 100 square kilometers, making it the city with the highest highway density in my country. The telephone penetration rate reached 143.9 per 100 people, and there were 393,400 Internet users. In 2002, the city's total post and telecommunications business volume was 18.17 billion yuan, with an average daily post and telecommunications business volume of nearly 50 million yuan. In 2002, the power supply was 25.855 billion kilowatt hours, which is sufficient. The city's daily water supply reached 2.82 million cubic meters. Most areas in the city have access to clean tap water.

Since the reform and opening up, Dongguan people have gradually embarked on the road of common prosperity. According to sample survey data, the per capita consumption expenditure of urban residents in Dongguan City in 2002 was 15,157 yuan, of which 4,840 yuan was food expenditure; the per capita living expense expenditure of rural residents was 6,842 yuan, of which 2,969 yuan was food expenditure. The Engel coefficients of urban and rural residents are 31.2% and 37.5% respectively (the national coefficients are 37.9% and 47.7% respectively); at the end of 2001, the per capita living area reached 41.84 square meters, and the per capita living area of ??rural residents was 55 square meters; every 100 urban households have There are 172 motorcycles and 24 household cars. The number of cars per 100 households ranks first among large and medium-sized cities in the country. The living standards of the people in Dongguan have entered the stage of moderate prosperity.

Dongguan has always had a tradition of respecting teachers and teaching. Today, Dongguan has 650 schools of various types, including 1 general college, 1 TV university, 91 general middle schools, 22 technical secondary schools, secondary normal schools, technical schools and vocational middle schools, 563 primary schools, and 480 kindergartens. , there are 20,268 full-time teachers in various schools (including kindergartens), and a relatively complete and coordinated education system from preschool education, basic education, vocational education, higher education to adult lifelong education has been basically established. In 1995, high school education was universalized in the city.

In 2002, the kindergarten enrollment rate reached 93.5%, the enrollment rate of primary school-age children reached 100%, the enrollment rate of primary school graduates to junior high school reached 99.80%, and the enrollment rate of junior high school graduates reached 91.05%. For every 10,000 permanent residents, the number of students enrolled in vocational high schools and regular high schools reached 111.1 and 183.5 respectively. In that year, 36.7 students entered the general college entrance examination and went to university, and 231.6 students were enrolled in college, ranking among the top in the province.

The higher education enrollment rate for the same age group is 26.2%, achieving the provincial and national goals 10 years ahead of schedule.

Dongguan has a considerable number of high-quality talents. In 2001, the city had 6.42 professional management talents and scientific and technological personnel. Ten thousand people, including 2,971 people with senior professional titles, 15,971 people with intermediate professional titles, and 45,297 people with junior professional titles. The city has established a science museum, a science and technology development fund, a scientific and technological personnel association, and various professional associations.

Dongguan has rich cultural life. The city has TV stations and radio stations, and each town has TV stations and cultural stations. The city has 24 public libraries, 3 museums, and 162 film screening units, including 81 theaters.

Dongguan’s health and sports undertakings are developing rapidly: there are 53 hospitals in the city and 9,011 health technicians. At the same time, family planning, eugenics and postnatal care are implemented, mass cultural and sports activities are vigorously carried out, and people's quality and health level are continuously improved. Since the reform and opening up, Dongguan athletes have broken world records 82 times, broken national records 161 times, won 177 gold medals in international competitions, and 485 gold medals in national competitions.

Due to the insistence on pursuing both material and spiritual civilization, Dongguan has a stable society, people live and work in peace and contentment, and good customs are further promoted. In recent years, it has been rated as an advanced city for revitalizing the city through science and education three times in a row and four times in a row. It has been rated as a national model city for dual support, and has also been rated as a national advanced city for creating civilized villages and towns, a national model collective for national unity and progress, a national advanced unit for drug control, a national advanced city for basic education, a national health city, a national sports advanced city, and a national advanced city for sports in Guangdong Province. Selected units to create a civilized city.

In the new century, the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, in accordance with the instructions of the provincial party committee leaders and in combination with their own development realities, have proposed to build Dongguan into a famous modern manufacturing city. The strategic goal of modernizing the central city has established the working idea of ??"one network, two districts and three cards". That is to build a high-standard infrastructure network based on water, gas, roads and electricity to improve the city's carrying capacity and provide a new development platform for the urban economy; vigorously promote the new urban area with Dongguan Avenue as the vertical axis and the planning control area to reach 72 The construction of the Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industrial Park covering an area of ??1,000 square kilometers will improve Dongguan's aggregation and competitiveness as a whole; it is necessary to highlight the creation of a city brand, a foreign investment brand, and a private brand, intensify the work of revitalizing the city through science and technology, and create new growth momentum and development Advantages. We strive to build Dongguan into a modern central city with developed IT industry, strong comprehensive strength, outstanding innovative functions and beautiful urban environment in 5 to 10 years.