Qingxi () is an industrial

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located in the southeastern part of

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, Guangdong Province, China.

Geography

The town is situated in a somewhat mountainous region close to the

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. It is north of

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and southwest of

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, and is approximately from the border with

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. Qingxi has an area of .

History

Hakka tower in GuangDong DongGuan QingXi

Qingxi has a cultural foundation based in its history of

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. Qingxi was at first a uninhabited mountainous place. 800 years ago, during the Hongwu period of the

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, Hakka people began moving into Qingxi from the Central Plain. They were touched by the overlapping steep peaks surrounding the place, and the crystal clear stream coming out of the mouth of the Yinping Mountain. Deer drank water from the stream, and the place was given the name Qingxi, also known as Deer City. At first, Hakka people opened up wasteland in the remote mountainous regions where they lived in thatched shacks. Later, they gradually moved to plain areas down the hills. Struggling with nature for hundreds of years, they survived and multiplied until today.

Infrastructure

30 years of construction and development after reform and opening-up rapidly transformed Qingxi from a remote village based on agriculture into a modern industrialized town. The town has convenient access to traffic, with over of high-grade highway. It has 4 transformer substations of 110 kV supplying 2 billion kW-hours yearly. It has four water works supplying 200,000 tons of water daily. The city boasts modern telecommunication buildings, post offices, public hospitals, schools, cable broadcasting and TV stations, and cultural centers. Recent improvements include Qingxi Forest Park, featuring hiking trails along Qingxi mountain streams up to an 818-meter peak, and Qingxi Culture Park, a mid-town green-space along a stream featuring sports courts, walking paths and footbridges, and carnival rides.

Economy

Economically, Qingxi has specialized in the

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industry, particularly in high-tech areas such as the manufacture of computer monitors, motherboards, other computer peripherals, and children's products. According to the town's official website,

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currently totals over

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2 billion, with some 800 foreign-funded enterprises investing in the area. Notable brands and factories in the town are LiteON, Kenwood &

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, Omron, Chicony, Phihong, FoxLink, and Ablelink. As of the first half of 2024, Qingxi's

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amounted to 16.65 billion RMB. Recent additions in the city include several hotels, supermarkets along with many new high-rise apartment buildings.

Transportation

Daojiao will host 3 Dongguan Rail Transit stations under the current plans for construction of Line 4: # Qingxinan (Qingxi South # Qingxi # Qingxi Coach Terminal There is a bus service from Qingxi to

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.Guangdong Traffic
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. Retrieved on May 9, 2018.

References

External links

Official Site
{{Authority control Towns in Guangdong Geography of Dongguan