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Dongguan
Dongguan is an important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta in Guangdong province. Distance to Guangzhou centre is 50km and to Shenzhen 56km. Total population is about 6.5 million.
airports
Dongguan has not it's own airport. However several large airports are nearby. It's 50km to Guangzhou airport, 50 km to Shenzhen airport and 100km to Hong Kong airport. All of these airports have shuttle buses to Dongguan centre.
bus Guangzhou airport
About 40 buses daily leave from Dongguan Wanjiang to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport. The first bus is 5.30; last bus to Baiyun airport is 20.30. The trip takes about 100 minutes; fare is 53 Yuan.
Shuttle buses to Guangzhou Baiyun Airport are also running from Dongguan Dalang. Frequency is less than from Dongguan Wanjiang; 12 buses daily. Trip takes 120 minutes; fare is 70 Yuan.
bus Shenzhen airport
The shuttle bus from Dongguan to Shenzhen Bao Airport leaves from Dongguan Humen and from Dongguan Nancheng (near Zhangmutou Railway Station)
The bus trip to Shenzhen airport takes about 1 hour; fare is 30 Yuan (Humenzhen) and 40 Yuan (Nancheng). First bus leaves 8.20; last bus is 21.20
train
Dongguan Railway Station and Dongguan East Station are both located in Changping Town. Changping is a town of 500.000 people within the minicipality Dongguan.
- Dongguan Railway Station: trains to Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Kowloon
- Dongguan East Station: trains to Beijing, Shanghai, Guilin and other cities
- Dongguan - Huizhou: 33min - 41min (44km)
- Dongguan - Shenzhen: 33min - 1h.22min (57km)
- Dongguan - Guangzhou: 46min - 1h.54min (82km)
- Dongguan - Beijing: 28h.24min
Dongguan is located between Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Distance from Dongguan Railway Station to Guangzhou East Station is 82km and to Shenzhen Station 57km. The D-trains to Guangzhou make one stop in Shilong but are the most fast (46 minutes). Fare is 54-60 Yuan for a soft seat. The T-trains between Dongguan - Guangzhou operate nonstop (57 minutes). Hard seat for this train is 15 Yuan. Trains running between Dongguan and Shenzen make a stop in Zhangmutou.
bus
- Dongguan Bus Terminal: buses to Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou
- Nancheng Bus Station: buses to Guangzhou, Foshan, Macau
- Eastern Bus Station: buses to Foshan, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Yunnan Province
luxury hotels
- Regal Palace Hotel: with shuttle bus to Hong Kong
- Hyatt Regency Dongguan: near Songshan Lake
- Sheraton Dongguan Hotel: in bustling Houjie area
- Pullman Dongguan Forum: near International Exhibition Center
- Royal Garden Hotel: in Songshanhu High-Tech Development Zone
- Sofitel Royal Lagoon Hotel: in Huying park
- Sofitel Dongguan Golf Resort
shopping
- Nancheng Fumin Commercial Pedestrian Street: international brand stores
- Global Plaza in Dongcheng District: with the Haiya Department Store
- World's second largest shopping mall: New South China Mall (www.southchinamall.com.cn)
- Carrefour supermarket: 1-3 floor, Dongsheng Building, Li Chuan, Dongcheng District
- Opposite the Sheraton Hotel in Houjie: streets with shops, boutiques and restaurants
attractions
- Yinxian Resort: Buddhism park on a hill, 15km of Dongguan
- Keyuan Garden: famous garden of 2200 sq.metres
- Humen Opium War Museum: set in a fortress
- Humen Bridge: main bridge and landmark in the city
- Humen Naval Battle Museum
China travel
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Dongguan International Exhibition Center
Dongguan International Conference & Exhibition Center is located in the center of the new urban area of Dongguan city. The Center has a size of 32.000 square meters. The Exhibition Center focuses on cultural developments of Dongguan municipality. About 10.000 square meters are available for exhibitions and display. Address is No.97 Hongfu Road along Dongguan Central Square. The next Dongguan furniture fair will be held March 16, 2010 - March 20, 2010. Opening hours: 9.00-17.30. Website is www.dgec.gov.cn (Chinese/English)
Dongguan by night
business
Dongguan has over 180 industry districts and economic parks. A few main parks are:
- Songshan Lake Sci.&Tech. Industry Park: in center of Dongguan City
- DongGuan ChangPing Technology Park: with 10 large enterprises
- Shilong National Star Class Technology-intensive District
- QingXi National-grade Social Development Integrated Testing Area
- Science Park of Dongguan China Famous Universities Hi-Tech City
- Dongguan HuangCun Technology Industry Park
- ChangAn ZhenAn Hi-Tech Industrial Park
- Dongguan HuMen Hi-tech Industry Park
- Dongguan Anli Scientific And Technological Park
- LiaoBu New City Technology Industry Park
Website is http://english.dg.gov.cn/industry%20parks.htm
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