Dongguan

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Dongguan
东莞市
Tungkun; Tungkuan
Prefecture-level city
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Dongguan CBD
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Dongguan Avenue
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Humen Mountain
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Yinxian Mountain Resort
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Dongguan
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Location of Dongguan in Guangdong
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Dongguan
Location in China
Coordinates(Dongguan government): 23°01′16″N113°45′07″E / 23.021°N 113.752°E / 23.021; 113.752
Country China
Province Guangdong
County331 AD
City (County-level)September 1985
City (Prefecture-level)1 January 1988
Municipal seat Nancheng Subdistrict
Government
 • Type Prefecture-level city
 • Body Dongguan Municipal People's Congress  [ zh ]
 •  CCP Secretary Liang Weidong
 •  Congress ChairmanLiang Weidong
 •  Mayor Xiao Yafei
 •  CPPCC ChairmanLuo Zhaoqun
Area
2,465 km2 (952 sq mi)
 • Urban
2,465 km2 (952 sq mi)
 • Metro
19,870.4 km2 (7,672.0 sq mi)
Elevation
8 m (26 ft)
Population
 (2020 census) [1]
10,466,625
 • Rank3rd in Guangdong
8th in China
 • Density4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 •  Urban
10,466,625
 • Urban density4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
 •  Metro
65,655,622
 • Metro density3,300/km2 (8,600/sq mi)
GDP [2]
 •  Prefecture-level city CN¥ 1.086 trillion
US$ 168.3 billion
 • Per capitaCN¥ 103,284
US$ 16,010
Time zone UTC+8 (China Standard Time)
Postal code
523000
Area code 769
ISO 3166 code CN-GD-19
Licence plate prefixes 粤S
City flower Yulan magnolia
Magnolia denudata
Website www.dg.gov.cn
东莞市
Dongguan
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"Dongguan" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Dōngguǎn Shì2,465.008,220,207City-administered District523000428248350
441900City-administered District市辖区Shìxiáqū2,465.008,220,207 Nancheng Subdistrict 523000428248350

Transport

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Humen Pearl River Bridge
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Dongguan Rail Transit Line 2

Air

Dongguan is served by Guangzhou Baiyun International Airport, Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport, but primarily[ citation needed ] by Hong Kong International Airport; ticketed passengers to HKIA can take ferries from the Humen Ferry Terminal in Humen to the HKIA Skypier. [34] There are also coach bus services connecting Dongguan with HKIA. [35]

Road

Many foreign travellers to Dongguan fly into Hong Kong, which gives visas on arrival to citizens of over 170 countries. After landing, visitors must apply for a visa to enter mainland China.[ citation needed ] One can travel from Hong Kong to Dongguan by bus, ferry, or train. Passengers travelling overland must disembark from their transport at the Hong Kong/China border to go through customs and immigration, except for those traveling on the Mass Transit Railway intercity services (former Kowloon–Canton Railway) from Hung Hom station to Dongguan, Guangzhou and beyond.

People can also choose to drive between Hong Kong and Dongguan. With the permitted business license plate and driver license, people can drive through the customs located at Shenzhen so that to get to Hong Kong. Normally, it takes three hours for driving. In 2018, G4 Expressway (Beijing - Hong Kong and Macau Expressway) was opened, and Dongguan is one of the cities that G4 Expressway approaches. This benefits people from Dongguan to travel to those cities on G4 Expressway.

The Humen Pearl River Bridge is a suspension bridge over the Pearl River. Completed in 1997, it has a main span of 888 meters (2,913 ft). Construction work on the Second Humen Pearl River Bridge will start in early 2014.

Rail

Dongguan 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. Rail services in and out of the city call at Dongguan railway station where there are direct train services to Guangzhou East railway station in Guangzhou; and Hung Hom railway station in Hong Kong. High-speed rail services are also available at Humen railway station.

Among the four metro lines (Line 1-Line 4) planned for the Dongguan Rail Transit, Line 2 was scheduled to open for operations in early 2015. This was delayed and opened in May 2016. Line 2 will link towns in Western Dongguan, thereby promoting the connection of the entire downtown area with Houjie, Humen and Chang'an. It will also support Dongguan's regional transportation with other cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong by joining with the rail transit junctions of the Pearl River Delta. [36]

Sports and culture

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Basketball street art in Dongguan

Dongguan is dubbed as a "National Basketball City" and is the only prefecture-level city with three professional basketball clubs in China. Established in 1993, the Guangdong Southern Tigers are the first professional basketball club in China, and won eleven Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) championships.

The city hosted Weightlifting events during the 2010 Asian Games at the Dongguan Arena. [37]

The 16,000 seat Dongguan Basketball Center was one of the venues for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup. [38] The venue has also hosted the 2015 Sudirman Cup badminton tournament. [39]

Dongguan Yulan Theater is one of China's newest multipurpose performing arts venues. With its multi-layered exterior suggestive of an unfolding lotus petal, it has become a landmark in Dongguan city. The new cultural hub houses two theaters presenting a full schedule of performances, including Romeo and Juliet and the Chinese classic Butterfly Lovers. So far Dongguan has produced seven original musicals by its own and made a roadshow of 60 performances in over 30 cities of China. [40] [ citation needed ]

Social issues

The city and province have been the recent focus of press and journalist attention with coverage of the many young Chinese workers, principally females (so-called factory girls ), from agricultural areas who work in the area's factories and manufacturing/assembly facilities, where many are housed in large dormitories, usually several to a room. [41]

An article in the High Tech Misery in China series reports research conducted, over 2008 to 2009, on working conditions at one of the city's major keyboard makers (Dongguan Meitai Plastics & Electronics Factory); in it, Meitai factory won some unwanted attention due to the poor conditions for its young, mostly female workers. The article [42] includes details of those conditions, photos, translations of employer's rules and evidence that well-known computer brands use this keyboard supplier's products.

Also, Dongguan has built a notoriety within China for its various types of brothels, massage parlors, nightclubs, sauna centers and karaoke bars. The city had more than 120 top-end luxury hotels and hundreds of other mid-range places that offer illegal sexual services or lease floors to sex operators, and many parts of the broader service sector benefit from the trade brought by visitors. [43] Although much of the business is illegal, police operations to limit these activities were for a long time largely ineffective, in part because corrupt members of the local administration and other officials have business interests in the sector. [44] [45] On 9 February 2014, CCTV aired a report about prostitution in Dongguan. In reaction, on the same day, Dongguan police launched a crackdown on brothels, massage parlors, nightclubs, sauna centres and karaoke bars, leading to some commentary that the city's days as China's sex capital were numbered. [46] [47]

Education

The city is home to 650 educational institutions: one general college, a TV University as well as technical and vocational schools, 550 primary schools and 480 kindergartens. Also, Dongguan is home to a wide range of international schools due to the large expat community.

The number of professional teachers, including those at kindergartens, totals 20,268. A comparatively integrated educational system has been set up including preschool, basic, vocational, higher and lifelong adult education. Senior high school education has developed since 1995.

The Dongguan University of Technology is located in Dongguan.

Festivals

Dongguan hosts the following annual festivals: [48]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ /dʊŋˈɡwæn/ ; [3] Chinese :东莞市; pinyin: Dōngguǎn Shì

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