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Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and Foshan to the ... more »
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Hotels Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China. An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and Foshan to the west. It is also home to the world's largest shopping mall, South China Mall. City administration is considered especially progressive in seeking foreign direct investment.
The urban center of Dongguan is 50 km away from that of Guangzhou to its north, 90 km away from Shenzhen to its south, 47 sea miles away from Hong Kong and 48 sea miles from Macao by waterway. Dongguan is a must-pass-by locality from Guangzhou to Hong Kong by road or waterway.
Dongguan has around 17 million inhabitants, although many are not official city residents. Many of the manufacturing facilities of the Dongguan area attract workers from far away towns and provinces, but these workers often cannot obtain official city residency. Such workers typically live in company supplied apartment buildings and visit their hometowns once or twice a year.
Many foriegn travelers to Dongguan fly into Hong Kong, where a visa not required for US and some European passport holders. After landing, visitors pass through Hong Kong immigration and customs.
One can travel from Hong Kong to Dongguan by bus or ferry. Traveling via bus requires the visitor to ride the bus from the Hong Kong airport to the Hong Kong/China border, deboarding the bus, going through Chinese customs and immigration, then reboard the bus for the rest of the trip to Dongguan.
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Using the ferry is the most convenient way to get there from Hong Kong, because it allows you to avoid queues at the very busy border checkpoints between Hong Kong and mainland China.
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