On November 3, the 2026 Global Investment Promotion Conference for the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area was held in Guangzhou. Jointly hosted by the governments of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the event kept its theme: "Invest the Greater Bay Area for a Brighter Future". At the conference, Dongguan was named the "Investment Star City", a new recognition after being named the "Excellent Investment Promotion City" for two consecutive years.

At the event, Dongguan reported 209 signed investment projects, with a total investment of over 113 billion yuan, ranking among the top cities in Guangdong. Manufacturing projects account for almost 90% of the total, covering cutting-edge industries such as artificial intelligence, high-end equipment, new energy storage, advanced materials, energy conservation and environmental protection, and computing power and data.

Two Dongguan projects, the Delton Technology Dongguan Smart Manufacturing Base and the Dongguan Molex Connector Expansion Project, made the list of 42 key projects in Guangdong released at the conference, covering sectors such as high-end electronic information and precision manufacturing. In addition, a camera module expansion project with an investment of 3.6 billion yuan was showcased as a provincial model.