Added: 05/30/2006 |
Dongguan City - The City Convenient in Shopping, Entertainment and AccommodationDongguan city, Guangdong province is located east of the Pearl River estuary. A former county, Dongguan became a city in September 1985 and was then upgraded to prefecture city status in January 1988. Today, it administers 32 towns, 546 village committees and 132 neighborhood committees. It is one of the world's fastest growing cities. After the economic reforms of 1979, Dongguan city grew from 1 million people to more than 6.5 million today.
Dongguan abounds in mineral resources. There is wolfram, tin, copper, sulphur iron, pottery clay, cement, limestone, coal and so on. In industry, light industry is the main part. There are light industry machines, electrical equipment, pharmacy, food, clothes, shipbuilding, building materials, and several other kinds of natural resources.
Dongguan city has many places of interest. Humen, which is in Dongguan, was the main battleground of the Opium War that took place more than 150 years ago. In Qing Dynasty, Linzexu, the national hero, destroyed the opium in Humen. The Humen Opium War battlefield relic is the most complete ancient battlefield in the world. The historic relics like Humen Opium Burning Pond, Shajiao and Weiyuan Fort Sites are well known to the world. And there is Shajiao Fort, Weiyuan Fort and Linzexu Park. Also, there is Ke Garden that is one of the four famous gardens in Guangdong Province.
Besides, Dongguan city has many ancient cultural sites dating back to the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as Jin'aozhou Pagoda and Yuan Chonghuan's former home of Ming dynasty, Huangqi Ancient Temple in Song Dynasty. You can also be fascinated by charming sceneries in Dongguan, such as the seascape, fields of crops and banana trees, hills of ripe lichee trees, rivers with floating lotus etc. There is a stone well under the rock in the sea monthly rock, once there was a saying that "maritime sails fell in the well", set up beauty spots such as the building pavilion, sculptures etc. now. The fairyland hills and mountains in Mashan surround, the domestic clear spring brook, Mashan temple in Mid-levelness misty green shade, surpass like Fairyland. Yinxian mountain villa scenic spot is overall beautiful and graceful.
Currently, the core development of Dongguan city is the Songshan Lake Science and Technology Industry Park. This park is designed for various technology industry business headquarters and factories in small to large scale. The park will be landscaped and harmonized with Songshan Lake's natural beauty - surrounded by mountains, trees and lake. The park embodies residential housing, schools, restaurants, entertainment centers and administrative organizations.
In Dongguan city, you can make use of a lot of facilities for business activities. There are 6 five-star hotels, 9 four-star hotels and more than 350 luxury hotels in Dongguan, so it is very convenient for accommodation of tourists and business-persons. Various services including banking, lawyer, accounting, consulting and telecom services are available everywhere in Dongguan.
You will also find Dongguan very convenient in shopping and entertainment; there are a lot of high-level housings, villas, supermarkets, theatres, parks, gymnasium, golf, tennis, and other sport facilities.
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