On December 7th, 2023, as a parallel event of the Dongguan Global Investment Promotion Conference, the “Space Available! Come to Dongguan!” Dongguan 10,000 Acres of Industrial Land Supply and Demand Matchmaking Meeting was held. Organized by the Dongguan Municipal People's Government, the matchmaking meeting aimed to provide a platform for government-enterprise interaction and communication, showcasing the city’s industrial spatial resources to high-quality enterprises for the first time.
Over a thousand enterprises conducting on-site matchmaking
On the morning of December 7th, the Guangdong Hall of the Dongcheng International Hotel was bustling with people as representatives from all 35 towns and streets (industrial parks) in the city showcased and promoted the local investment environment, highlighting high-quality spatial resources. Over 1,500 corporate representatives were present, actively searching for suitable land plots for their businesses.
I’ve toured the entire venue, focusing on understanding the Binhai Bay Area, especially the land plots showcased by Shatian Town,” said Zhang Jinming, Vice President of Grand Resource Co., Ltd., in an interview.
Located in Shatian Town of Dongguan, Grand Resource is a company specialized in the production of polypropylene and has been recognized as the “Guangdong High-Performance Polypropylene Engineering Technology Research Center”. Its annual revenue exceeded 5 billion yuan last year. Zhang Jinming, Vice President of Grand Resource Co., Ltd., informed reporters that the company currently has over 1,000 acres of land in Shatian. However, due to the rapid expansion of their business, the company is planning to develop downstream industrial projects, requiring additional land exceeding 500 acres.
“Of course, our goal is to find a suitable plot in Shatian. The land offered by Shatian, such as the Nizhou Island, is quite promising. We hope to have a good connection with the Shatian Town government in the next steps,” said Zhang Jinming.
In just one hour, Li Kun, the person in charge of investment and operation at Dongguan Kexing Science Institute Park in Binhai Bay Area, received two prospective enterprises.
“With the team’s collaboration, we received even more prospective enterprises,” said Li Kun. The total construction area of Dongguan Kexing Science Institute is over 1.4 million square meters and is expected to be officially put into use next year.
Land plot procedures are ready
It is learned that, in addition to 45 land plots with a total area exceeding 12,000 acres, there are also 113 industrial parks participating in on-site matchmaking, with a total construction area of nearly 30 million square meters. Over seventy percent of this area consists of high-quality industrial plants.
Mai Weilin, Deputy Director of the Dongguan Investment Promotion Bureau, told reporters that 45 industrial land plots with a total area exceeding 12,000 acres are open for global investment. This is the largest contiguous scale of industrial land introduced in recent years in Dongguan with the best location conditions.
According to Mai Weilin, “These land plots have their land procedures basically ready and can be immediately supplied.” The purpose of hosting this 10,000-acre industrial land supply and demand matchmaking meeting is to release a positive signal through exhibition hall displays, investment environment promotion, on-site communication, and other forms, conveying the confidence that “space is available, come to Dongguan” and strengthening the determination of numerous investors to invest in Dongguan. 
“This form of matchmaking is more direct and effective than before. We hope that through such a platform for the exchange of resource supply and demand, it can facilitate more investment cooperation, adding momentum to the high-quality development of Dongguan’s economy,” said Mai Weilin.
In addition to on-site matchmaking, the event featured investment environment presentations for Songshan Lake, Binhai Bay Area, Shuixiang, and Xiegang, allowing a firsthand experience of the investment attractiveness of these four major platforms for the vast number of investors.
It is understood that this supply and demand matchmaking meeting has broken the previous pattern of “finding land for projects” and is a beneficial attempt to promote the realization of “land and other projects”.
