| More than two
decades of development has promoted Dongguan to an international
processing and manufacturing base of a moderate scale.
The more than 14,400 foreign-invested enterprises of
the city have constituted a modernized industrial system
with the mainstay industries of electronics, information,
photoelectricity, mechanics, automobile accessories,
quality garments and textiles, furniture and construction
materials, metal, plastics and rubber. This self-contained
system has a powerful competitive strength in the international
market with integrated supporting facilities for both
upstream establishment and downstream processing units,
an established industry chain, reasonable structure
and superior efficiency.
The computer and information
industry has become the backbone of the city’s
economy. As in 2002, there were more than 3,000 registered
enterprises in this field, manufacturing up to 95% of
all the components and peripherals of a computer. More
than ten products from this industry of the city have
held a market share of higher than 10% in the international
market (See Table 2).
Table 1: Accumulative Foreign Investment Actually
Incurred to Various Industries (up to 2002)
| Industry |
Amount
(in Million USD) |
| Total |
17,309.34 |
| Farming, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery |
23.55 |
| Manufacturing Industries |
15,583.13 |
| Textiles and Garments |
2,483.36 |
| Furniture |
485.29 |
| Metal, Plastics and Rubber |
2,651.55 |
| Ordinary Machinery |
118.66 |
| Special Purpose Equipment |
107.79 |
| Transport Equipment |
122.66 |
| Electric Equipment and
Machinery |
1,715.86 |
| Electronic and Telecommunications
Equipment |
4,298.33 |
| Instruments, Meters,
Cultural and Office Machinery |
266.21 |
| Other Manufacturing |
3,333.42 |
| Tertiary Industries |
1,472.35 |
| Construction |
294.49 |
| Transport,
Storage and Communication |
72.97 |
| Wholesale,
Retail and Import/Export Trades, Restaurants and
Hotels |
238.73 |
| Real Estate |
668.5 |
| Social Services |
168.59 |
| Information
and Consultancy Services |
0.63 |
| Computer
Application Services |
8.41 |
| Education,
Culture and Arts, Radio, Film and Television |
13.23 |
| Scientific
Research and Polytechnical Services |
6.8 |
| Others |
230.31 |
Table 2: Proportion of IT Products Export in
the Total Export Value as of year 2002 (Pie
Chart)
| Value of IT Product Export in 2002 (in Million
USD) |
11,384 |
| 1.Computer
and Peripheral Equipment |
4,139 |
| 2.Electronic
Communication Equipment |
3,116 |
| 3.Electric
Devices and Electronic Components |
4,129 |
| Proportion
in the Total Export Value of the whole city |
47.96% |
Table 3: International Market Share of a Sample
of IT Products of Dongguan City
| Product |
International Market Share |
| Magnetic Heads, Computer Cases and Half-Finished
Products |
40% |
| Copper-Clad Boards and Disc Drives |
30% |
| Quality AC Capacitors and Fly Back Transformers |
25% |
| Scanners and Mini-Motors |
20% |
| Keyboards |
16% |
| Mainboards |
15% |
| Electronic Components |
12% |
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