The nearest cities to Shenzhen are Dongguan, Huizhou, Zhongshan, Macau and Shenzhen. 1. Dongguan, also known as Amp” Guancheng amp Amp”, is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, one of the five prefecture-level cities without districts in China. Located in the southeast of Guangzhou, on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary and south of Shenzhen, it is an international garden city, a national civilized city and a national basketball city. Huizhou is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province. Today, Huizhou has been included in the national administrative divisions since the Qin Dynasty. On January 7, 1988, the State Council approved Huiyang to abolish its organizational system and set up four prefecture-level cities: Huizhou, Dongguan, Shanwei and Heyuan. Huizhou is located in the southeast of Guangdong Province, the northeast of the Pearl River Delta and the middle and lower reaches of the Dongjiang River.