# Dongguan
Latest news and articles about Dongguan
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Canton Fair Hits New High as Greater Bay Area Pushes Deeper Integration — Huawei and Dongguan Launch a ‘HarmonyOS City’
The 139th Canton Fair will open April 15 at record scale, highlighting a shift toward branded, green and intelligent exports. Beijing has elevated the Shenzhen–Zhuhai corridor to national planning, while Dongguan and Huawei launched a ‘HarmonyOS City’ to embed domestic IoT and data platforms into urban and industrial life. Hong Kong’s forthcoming five‑year plan aims to align the city more closely with national priorities.
China’s Type 055 Fleet Hits Double Digits as New 10,000‑ton Destroyers Enter Service
China has commissioned its ninth and tenth Type 055 large destroyers, bringing the class to double‑digit strength and demonstrating growing shipbuilding and operational reach. The Dongguan conducted first operational sea training in the East China Sea, underscoring Beijing’s efforts to turn new hulls into sustained, deployable naval capability.
China’s New 055 Destroyers Signal Growing Blue‑Water Reach — and New Challenges for Neighbours
China has put two more Type 055 destroyers into service and sent them to the East China Sea for realistic drills, underscoring the class’s heavy missile load, large aviation facilities and role as a blue‑water escort. The ships' 112 VLS tubes, substantial flight deck and modern short‑range defences expand the PLAN’s area‑air‑defence and strike options, with implications for regional naval balances and contingency planning.
China Commissions Two More 10,000‑tonne Destroyers and Puts Them Straight to Sea for Anti‑Sub and Joint‑Warfare Drills
China commissioned two more Type 055 10,000‑tonne destroyers into its Eastern Theater Fleet and immediately deployed them for combined, realistic drills emphasising anti‑submarine warfare, replenishment and multi‑domain networking. The exercises aim to speed the operationalisation of new high‑end platforms and strengthen the PLAN’s distant‑sea combat capabilities in the East China Sea.
Manufacturing Shake-up in Guangdong: Foshan Slips as Dongguan Surges
Foshan has recorded consecutive periods of GDP contraction, driven by an export slump and a deepening property downturn that hit its furniture and building‑materials industries. Dongguan, by contrast, is growing faster after a concerted pivot toward higher‑value electronics, advanced manufacturing and cultural IP, narrowing the two cities' GDP gap to its smallest level since 2006.