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GBA city guide

Dongguan 东莞

Dongguan sits between Guangzhou and Shenzhen, with smartphone companies in Chang'an, Humen's Opium War sites and Huawei's European-inspired campus at Songshan Lake. Guancheng's garden heritage and public lakeside spaces give a New Zealand business visit room for history and time outdoors.

Dongguan in the Greater Bay Area

Guancheng, Dongcheng, Nancheng and Wanjiang form the central urban area. Humen lies farther south, while Songshan Lake and the manufacturing towns have their own centres. Keep the town or subdistrict name with each address: a central-city hotel and a meeting in Chang'an can mean a substantial cross-city journey.

Explore the main areas · 9 cities and 2 SARs

The eleven GBA cities and SARs around the Pearl River estuary North-up orientation map. Guangzhou and Foshan are inland to the north. Dongguan, Shenzhen and Hong Kong are on the eastern side of the Pearl River estuary, with Huizhou farther east. Zhongshan, Zhuhai and Macao are on the western side; Jiangmen and Zhaoqing are farther inland. Markers indicate central locations, not municipal boundaries. Select a city for its guide. Zhaoqing Guangzhou Foshan Dongguan Huizhou Shenzhen Hong Kong SAR Zhongshan Jiangmen Zhuhai Macao SAR
City-centre locations, not municipal boundaries. On smaller screens, swipe or scroll across the map. Coastline: Natural Earth, public domain.

Kiwi businesses & local connections

Find local places and services with a New Zealand connection, whether you live here, are visiting or are doing business. Each listing identifies its ownership or connection.

Explore Kiwi businesses in Dongguan

Living & visiting

Central Dongguan, Humen, Songshan Lake or Houjie?

Guancheng and the central city

Keyuan Garden anchors a visit to the older city in Guancheng. Dongcheng has Huangqishan Forest Park; Nancheng has the Dongguan Science and Technology Museum.

Humen: museums, rail and clothing

Humen combines the Opium War Museum and coastal defences with a clothing and cable industry. Humen railway station is a separate arrival point from Dongguan station; the historic sites and commercial town sit within this southern part of the city.

Songshan Lake: public green spaces

The lakeside greenway, Taoyuan Park and Science Park provide outdoor stops among Songshan Lake's research and university campuses. Ask your company contact about access before planning a campus visit.

Houjie: furniture meetings and exhibitions

Houjie hosts the International Famous Furniture Fair at Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center, alongside furniture manufacturers and materials businesses. If that is the reason for your trip, look for accommodation in Houjie and use the organiser's venue information to plan the final journey.

Furniture fair: visitor and venue information

Arriving and getting around

Dongguan is spread across towns and central subdistricts. Dongguan and Dongguan South are separate railway stations; China Railway publishes their train services and tickets. Humen, Houjie and Songshan Lake are distinct destinations within the municipality.

Dongguan Metro Line 2 links Humen Railway Station and Dongguan Railway Station.

China Railway timetables and tickets
Dongguan government: official services
Flights from New Zealand and regional arrival choicesShenzhen Airport: look up Dongguan city-terminal services (Chinese)Dongguan Rail Transit Bureau: operating Line 2 route (Chinese)
Local services and official contacts
  • Dongguan foreign-worker permit windows

    The science and technology bureau lists work-permit windows at the Citizens Service Centre, 199 Hongfu Road, Nancheng, and the police visa centre, 191 Dongcheng West Road, Guancheng. Its notice gives the floors, window numbers and office hours.

  • Accommodation registration: official instructions
  • Dongguan People's Hospital: choose the campus

    Dongguan People's Hospital has separate sites: Wanjiang campus at 78 Wandao Road; Puji campus at 1 Mingxin Street, Guangming Avenue, Dongcheng; and First Outpatient Department at 23 Wangwu Street, Guancheng. Telephone: +86 769 2863 7333 for campus, appointment and first-patient record enquiries.

Practical guides

Arriving in mainland ChinaWorking in mainland ChinaMainland company setup: Shenzhen example

Places and local culture

Humen: why 1839 matters

Lin Zexu, the Qing official charged with suppressing the opium trade, oversaw the destruction of confiscated opium at Humen in 1839. The pool site and nearby Opium War Museum explain this episode before the First Opium War began in 1840. The coastal forts show how the Pearl River entrance was defended.

Humen opium-destruction site and forts

Keyuan, Nanshe and Huayang Lake

Keyuan preserves a garden setting in Guancheng's older streets. Farther afield, Nanshe in Chashan has village buildings from the Ming and Qing periods, while Huayang Lake in Machong offers a wetland landscape. These are three different settings for seeing Dongguan beyond its industrial areas.

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Kiwi WeChat groups

Business & industry

Visiting for business

Chang'an: electronics, hardware and moulds

Chang'an combines electronics manufacturing with hardware and mould-making. OPPO and vivo are two familiar names based here: OPPO lists an address on Haibin Road in Wusha, and vivo on vivo Road.

Compare Dongguan industry locations

Songshan Lake: Huawei's Ox Horn campus

Huawei opened its Ox Horn campus on Songshan Lake's southern shore in June 2018. Its 12 groups of buildings take inspiration from European cities and house research, offices and meeting spaces.

Houjie, Humen and Dalang

Houjie hosts the International Famous Furniture Fair at Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center, alongside a separate footwear industry. Humen specialises in clothing and transmission cables; Dalang brings together knitwear, yarns, garment design and knitting machinery. Furniture and clothing visitors can use Dongguan's exhibition listings to check the current programme.

Dongguan exhibition listings

Industry information and sources

Industries and business clusters

Compare industries across the GBA
City facts and local background

Population: 10.800 million

Land area: 2,460 km²

2025 GDP: RMB 1,276.020 billion (approx. NZ$305.7 billion)

NZD conversion uses the same-year SAFE annual average.

Districts and local areas

Four subdistricts

  • Guancheng · 莞城街道
  • Dongcheng · 东城街道
  • Nancheng · 南城街道
  • Wanjiang · 万江街道

Twenty-eight towns

  • Shilong · 石龙镇
  • Humen · 虎门镇
  • Zhongtang · 中堂镇
  • Wangniudun · 望牛墩镇
  • Machong · 麻涌镇
  • Shijie · 石碣镇
  • Gaobu · 高埗镇
  • Hongmei · 洪梅镇
  • Daojiao · 道滘镇
  • Houjie · 厚街镇
  • Shatian · 沙田镇
  • Chang'an · 长安镇
  • Liaobu · 寮步镇
  • Dalingshan · 大岭山镇
  • Dalang · 大朗镇
  • Huangjiang · 黄江镇
  • Zhangmutou · 樟木头镇
  • Fenggang · 凤岗镇
  • Tangxia · 塘厦镇
  • Xiegang · 谢岗镇
  • Qingxi · 清溪镇
  • Changping · 常平镇
  • Qiaotou · 桥头镇
  • Hengli · 横沥镇
  • Dongkeng · 东坑镇
  • Qishi · 企石镇
  • Shipai · 石排镇
  • Chashan · 茶山镇
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