In recent years, Dongguan has won many accolades including ‘National Civilization City’, ‘National Sanitation City’, ‘National Model Green City’, ‘The Most Charming City in China’, ‘The Most Vibrant City in China’, ‘Top 10 Most Competitive City in China’, ‘Top 100 City for a Favorable Investment Environment’, ‘National Garden City’, ‘International Award for Livable Communities’, ‘National Basketball City’, ‘National Excellence for Innovation’, ‘The Most Valuable Newly-emerged Finance-friendly City in China’, and ‘Excellence for Comprehensive Public Security Management in Guangdong’. In addition, Dongguan was named as the ‘Model City in Scientific Progress in China’ for 5 consecutive years and ‘The Model City for Solidarity between the Army, Government and the People’ for 7 consecutive years.