Have Fun Shopping at the World’s Largest Shopping Mall in Dongguan
Dongguan is a prefecture city located in Guangdong Province in the People’s Republic of China. This is an important city of industrial level found in the Pearl River Delta which borders Guangzhou, the capital city, Huizhou, Shenzhen and Pearl River.
When visiting for fun and shopping, go to Dongguan where you can find the world’s largest shopping Mall, the South China Mall. Owned by Dongguan Sanyuan Yinghui Investment and Development, the total shopping or retail area is 659, 612 square meters or 7093.416 ft². This is only second compared to the Dubai Mall in the Middle East.
Many of the spaces in the mall are as still unoccupied because of the current world financial crisis, but soon more investors would be coming in to fill in the stores to make it an even more exciting adventure for the visitors coming in from all over the world via Hong Kong and Shenzhen.
But the shopping mall is not the only one to visit in this exciting city; the architecture is already a cause for attraction. The city is simply beautiful with a climate that is steady at 22.8°C the year round. Many of those who come into Dongguan come in from Hong Kong which allows entry without need of a visa for those who are American, Canadian, and some European citizenship, just like in Macau.
Dongguan is easily accessible by bus, ferry or train from Hong Kong although the visitors have to go through customs and immigrations before they can come in. Those who travel in using the Mass Transit Railway do not have to go through this process however, although for the sake of convenience, the ferry is still the best way to come in from Hong Kong side. The convenience stems from avoiding long queues on the borders.
This city ranks at the top three largest exporting regions within China, trailing after Shanghai and Shenzhen which is a major Taiwanese investment center. Outside the mainland, Dongguan may not be as well known as Shenzhen for the city placed more emphasis on its infrastructure rather than luring in outside investors for economic development.