On December 16, the Seventh Members Congress and the Inauguration Ceremony of the Seventh Council of Guangdong Association of Enterprises with Foreign Investment were held in Guangzhou. The list of 2019 Guangdong's top 100 enterprises with foreign investment was released.

The journalist found that Dongguan's nine enterprises are on the list of the 2019 Guangdong's top 100 enterprises with foreign investment. These nine enterprises are: Nine Dragons Paper (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Samsung Display Dongguan Co., Ltd., Guangdong Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd., Techtronic Industries (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Guangdong Shengyi Technology Co., Ltd., Foxlink Electronic (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Dongguan Shin Tech Engineering Ltd., Kyocera Document Technology (Dongguan) Co., Ltd., Dongguan Primax Electronic & Telecommunication Products Ltd.

Nine Dragons Paper (Dongguan) Co., Ltd. marks Dongguan's highest ranked foreign enterprise, at 19th position. In addition, Samsung Display Dongguan Co., Ltd. has entered the list of top ten technology enterprises with foreign investment.

In the past 40 years and more, Dongguan has gradually emerged as an investment magnet in the Greater Bay Area attracting investors in and outside China with its terrific location, complete industrial system, and sound business environment. Dongguan has established trade cooperation with more than 200 countries and regions around the world. It is home to over 13,000 foreign enterprises from 50 different countries and regions. Dongguan ranks the third in "top 100 foreign trade Chinese cities" for three consecutive years.

Since the beginning of 2019, Dongguan has been pushing forward activities to support enterprises. It has totally visited more than 200 enterprises and hosted over 30 special conferences for key enterprises, which bolster the enterprises' confidence in settling and developing in Dongguan. Through integration and optimization of the existing policies and measures, Dongguan has studied and launched "Dongguan Measures for Management of Special Fund for Facilitating High Quality Development of Open Economy" in accordance with enterprises' actual needs. From January to November, Dongguan's actual utilization of foreign investment reached 8.55 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.5%.