Dongguan and Foshan are both prefecture-level cities with high development level in Guangdong Province, and their economic strength is second only to Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and their development potential cannot be underestimated! So who is the third city in Guangdong? Let&;s take the data to speak. At present, Foshan is dominant in the following three aspects: First, in 2021, Foshan&;s GDP is higher than Dongguan&;s 130.2 billion, and the gap is not too big. Second, the area of Foshan is larger than that of Dongguan, which is an objective factor. Third, Foshan belongs to the home appliance capital, and the home appliance industry is very developed, which has cultivated leading enterprises, such as Midea and Galanz. Foshan&;s private enterprises have strong overall strength and large scale. The number of private enterprises and foreign enterprises in Dongguan is more than that in Foshan, but the scale is not very large. Let&;s take a look at what advantages Dongguan has: First, in terms of permanent population, Dongguan is superior to Foshan. The population of Dongguan will exceed 10 million in 2021. Compared with the size of a city, economic development depends more on the quantity and quality of talents. This shows that Dongguan&;s urban attraction is more than Foshan&;s, and the urban attraction covers all aspects of urban development. Second, Dongguan&;s total foreign trade import and export volume has remained at the fifth place in the country all the year round, while Foshan can only be far behind. Third, the number of high-tech enterprises and industrial enterprises above designated size in Dongguan far exceeds that in Foshan. This shows that Dongguan has more development potential and greater potential in terms of investment in research and development of high-tech industries. Fourth, our manufacturing industry is currently in a critical stage of transformation and upgrading. Compared with Foshan enterprises, they are large and strong, and it is difficult to transform. The enterprises in Dongguan are small and numerous, small and sophisticated. As the saying goes, &”;A small boat makes a U-turn&”;, and there will be a great situation of &”;a hundred flowers blossom and a hundred schools of thought contend&”; in the transformation of enterprises in Dongguan. 5. Location advantages: Dongguan has Guangzhou in the north and Shenzhen in the south, sandwiched between two old first-tier cities, which is unique in the country. It can learn from the advanced manufacturing experience and technology of Shenzhen and the development experience of Guangzhou&;s tertiary industry; At the same time, in addition to good land transportation, Dongguan also has excellent sea transportation channels such as Humen Port, and is close to Yantian Port in Shenzhen. Dongguan is blessed with land and sea transportation, but Foshan is still slightly inferior. 6. Dongguan was rated as a &”;new first-tier city&”; as early as Foshan a few years ago, which shows that Dongguan is more optimistic about its development potential and level. (Image from the Internet)