On August 29, Dongguan hosted a successful Investment Expansion Matchmaking Event, organized by Dongguan Industry and Information Technology Bureau. The event focused on strengthening support for corporate reinvestment and production capacity expansion, optimizing service mechanisms, and enhancing resource guarantees, all aimed at igniting new engines for the city’s high-quality development.
Dongguan has made remarkable progress in investment expansion this year. From January to July, the city recorded RMB 81 billion in industrial investment, representing a year-on-year growth of 19.3%, among the top performers in Guangdong Province. To date, the city has signed 137 new investment expansion projects with a combined planned investment of RMB 35.76 billion. In addition, 153 projects have broken ground, with a total planned investment of RMB 48.57 billion, while 64 projects have officially begun operations, accounting for another RMB 22.49 billion in planned investment. These figures reflect not only a steady increase in project numbers but also a continuous expansion in investment scale.
Dongguan is adopting a full-spectrum service strategy to support enterprises seeking to reinvest and expand. According to an official from Dongguan Industry and Information Technology Bureau, the city will further refine its end-to-end service management system for investment expansion, with a focus on early-stage project identification and vetting. This effort aims to help projects move faster from concept to implementation. All towns, subdistricts, and industrial parks are expected to fully embrace a “projects first” approach. Dedicated leadership teams are being formed at the local level, and a project service liaison mechanism is being established to ensure that key projects receive uninterrupted and personalized follow-up. The official encouraged enterprises to seize the opportunity and proactively communicate their expansion needs. In return, the government will offer comprehensive “nanny-style” services throughout the entire project lifecycle. He also called for the participation of municipal state-owned enterprises and financial institutions to pool financial, spatial, and policy resources, providing strong momentum for business growth.
Under the optimized project generation mechanism, Dongguan will build an integrated “online + offline” network to capture enterprise needs more effectively. These needs will be classified into three tiers, with top-priority “red-level” demands coming from fast-growing enterprises such as “Little Giants”, specialized and sophisticated firms, and companies eager to scale up. Municipal and township authorities will intervene early to provide essential support, including land, capital, and policy resources, at the most critical stages of these companies’ development, helping them grow stronger and remain rooted in Dongguan.
The revamped project evaluation mechanism will assess enterprises based on multiple dimensions including qualifications, scale, growth trajectory, investment plans, and strategic significance. Projects will be categorized as A, B, or C and incorporated into the city’s official investment expansion project pool for differentiated follow-up. Importantly, the evaluation results will serve as key criteria for future benefit reviews and decision-making. A-class projects will be given priority in accessing land reserves and natural resource allocations, and may also qualify for free use of designated public resources.
Dongguan Industry and Information Technology Bureau has also piloted a full-cycle “enterprise service steward” mechanism in the manufacturing sector, which now functions as the dedicated project manager for investment expansion initiatives. For large-scale and high-impact projects, the city offers tailored “one enterprise, one policy” support packages. These are coordinated by task forces led by senior municipal officials, who provide comprehensive assistance across land use, administrative approvals, supporting infrastructure, and more, ensuring smooth and timely project execution. Efforts are also underway to integrate the city’s three key databases, project pool, factory space pool, and land bank, to better match enterprise expansion demands with available spatial resources. With strong services and infrastructure in place, Dongguan aims to deliver seamless management across the entire lifecycle of investment projects, from identification and evaluation to execution and commissioning. In addition, Dongguan has introduced targeted incentive policies to further encourage reinvestment. Eligible projects located in modern industrial parks may receive financial rewards of up to 5% of the actual investment in new or expanded factory buildings and equipment, with individual project awards capped at RMB 10 million.
During the event, key authorities including Dongguan Industry and Information Technology Bureau, Dongguan Natural Resources Bureau, the Office of the Financial Commission of Dongguan Municipal Party Committee, and Dongguan Municipal Bureau of Government Services and Data Management collectively introduced a suite of favorable policies and resources. These included programs related to technological upgrades, the “Dongguan Space” factory database, land availability, financing support, and the “QiGuanJia” enterprise service platform. An interactive “QiGuanJia” experience zone was also set up to foster direct engagement between government agencies, financial institutions, and businesses, building a collaborative ecosystem that ensures robust support for investment expansion across the city.
