South China

Dongguan, China, is a large, densely populated city, nestled between the dynamic economic powerhouses of Shenzhen and Guangzhou on the Pearl River Delta. Forty-seven miles by water from Hong Kong, Dongguan has a population of about 8.3 million. 

While less prosperous than neighboring cities, Dongguan is an important industrial, logistics and distribution center. Highways and railroads connect Dongguan to major population and trade centers, such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong and Beijing. Dongguan’s Port of Humen

Foshan, China, is a thriving, wealthy, industrialized city of about 7.4 million people. It derives much of its influence and importance from its geographic setting, which is adjacent to the thriving metropolis of Guangzhou on the Pearl River Delta, the first region in China to open to world markets.

Foshan is the third-largest city in Guangdong province by GDP, and its residents enjoy the ninth-highest per capita income in China.
 

With 11 million people, Guangzhou is China’s third-largest city in population and the largest city in the Pearl River Delta, which is the world’s largest urban area in size and population and accounts for about 10 percent of China’s GDP. This booming port city, 75 miles northwest of Hong Kong, was among the earliest beneficiaries of China’s decision to open its economy to the world in the 1980s.

China’s Huizhou metropolitan area occupies a large swath of the Pearl River Delta to the northeast of Hong Kong and Shenzhen. With a population of about 4.7 million, Huizhou is emerging as an economic force.

The Port of Huizhou, which opened in the 1990s, is an important regional entrepôt and export point, handling more than 80 million tons of cargo annually. Logistics and distribution companies move goods to and from Huizhou to Guangdong’s major population centers and Hong Kong in less than three hours via freight rail and road networks.