Dongguan is one of the key junctions in the traffic network of the Pearl River Delta, located 50 km to the southeast of Guangzhou, 90 km to the northwest of Shenzhen, and 100 km from Hong Kong. Its location in the middle of the Guangzhou-Shenzhen economic corridor has given it the regional advantage of fast and convenient transportation favorable for the development of supply chains. The city has built up a developed multidimensional traffic network consisting of highways, railways, waterways and airways.

    Highways:

    The present length of highways in Dongguan totals 2,640 km, with a density of 1.07 km/km2, ranking the first in China. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen-Zhuhai Expressway, the Dongguan-Shenzhen Expressway, the Coastal Expressway, National Freeway 107 and the Dongguan-Huizhou Highway are major highways past Dongguan. The completion and opening of the Humen Bridge in 1997 shortened land traffic from Hong Kong and Shenzhen to Zhuhai and Zhongshan by 120 km, which created the pivotal position of Dongguan in the traffic network between Guangzhou and Hong Kong across the Pearl River.

    Railways:

    The Guangzhou-Kowloon Railway, Guangzhou-Shenzhen Quasi-high-speed Train Service, the Guangzhou-Meizhou-Shantou Railway and the Beijing-Kowloon Railway interchange in Dongguan. The railway customs in Dongguan Railway Station is a Class A Customs in China responsible for entry-exit inspection and quarantine of the through trains from Beijing and Shanghai to Kowloon. This has created great convenience for travelers between Hong Kong and such places as Beijing, Shanghai and its neighboring cities in Eastern China. Dongguan has thus become one of the centers for railway transportation in the south of China.

    Ports:

    The Humen Port in Dongguan is a Class A port in China opened to foreign ships. Passenger and cargo ferries between the port and Hong Kong are available on a daily basis. At present, the Humen Port has built 11 berths of between 2,000 and 35,000 tonnage with a total designed handling capacity of 26.92 million tons, 546,000 TEU containers and 700,000 passenger-times. The Huangpu Port and Xinsha Port in Guangzhou and the Yantian Port and Shekou Container Terminals in Zhenzhen are all within less than two hours’ drive from Dongguan, while Hong Kong Container Terminals are only about two hours’ drive away.

    Airports:

    The Guangzhou-Zhuhai Expressway connects Dongguan northward to the Baiyun Airport in Guangzhou and southward to the Shenzhen Airport, both within a distance of 50 km. A little further distance of about 100 km lies between Dongguan and the Zhuhai Airport, the Foshan Airport and the New Airport of Hong Kong. Branch offices and more than forty agencies of various airways scatter in the city to greatly facilitate the air traffic service for both passengers and freight.

    Customs:

    By the end of year 2002, Dongguan has established and opened twelve customs offices, including two Class A customs, and four checkpoints for through trucks to Hong Kong and Macao with an average daily number of 7,000 trucks crossing the borders. The city has also launched for processing and trading enterprises in its territory the electronic contract filing system, the “Green Channel” inspection and quarantine system, and the instant customs clearance reform for land transportation. A new model featuring “document examination in advance, customs clearance upon verification” is adopted, which greatly speeds up the customs clearance of outward cargos. The average clearance time of each cargo vehicle is cut down to a mere eight minutes, which makes it one of the most advanced customs clearance system of land transportation in China.