Over the past two decades, Dongguan became one of the Chinese cities with the fastest economic development, the annual growth rate of GDP being more than 20 per cent. In recent years, Dongguan has been chosen as “The International Awards for Liveable Communities”, “National Garden City” , “National Model for Environment-friendly City”, “National Excellent Tourism City”, “China Top Ten Green City”, “China 100 Best City for Investment Environment”, “City with Most Dynamic Economy in China”, “China Renowned City for Manufacturing Industry”, “China Excellent Innovation City” , “National City with Advanced Culture and Civilization” and “National Pilot City for Processing Industrial Transformation and Upgrading”by relevant organizations at home and abroad.

Major Economic Index for Dongguan in 2011