The history of Dongguan can be traced back to the Neolithic Age. In the pre-Qin period, Dongguan belonged to South Vietnam. ?

In 2 14 BC, Qin Shihuang merged with Lingnan, and Dongguan belonged to Panyu County, guangzhou fu and Nanhai County.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Dongguan belonged to Jiaozhou. Shun Di set up Zengcheng County in Panyu, and Dongguan belonged to Zengcheng at that time.

In the sixth year of Xianhe in the Eastern Jin Dynasty (AD 33 1 year), Li County, Dongguan, formerly known as Baoan, was subordinate to Dongguan County (Nantou, Shenzhen).

In the second year of Tang Zhide (AD 757), it was renamed Dongguan, and the county seat was located in Yong (now Guancheng Street).

In the 22nd year of Shaoxing in the Southern Song Dynasty (1 152), Xiangshan County of guangzhou fu (now Zhongshan, Zhuhai and Macau) was established in Xiangshan Town, Dongguan.

In the first year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1573), Dongguan was established in Xin 'an County, guangzhou fu (now Shenzhen and Hong Kong), and the area of Dongguan was correspondingly reduced.

Clear the edge. In the late Qing Dynasty, Lin Zexu destroyed opium in Humen.

During the Republic of China, it was successively assigned to Yuehai Road, Yue Zhong Administrative Region, Guangdong First Administrative Region and Guangdong Fourth Administrative Region.

Dongguan is located in the south-central part of Guangdong Province, on the east bank of the Pearl River Estuary, with a subtropical monsoon climate between north latitude11'-1415' and north latitude 22 39'-23 09'. Guangzhou in the northwest, Shenzhen in the south and Huizhou in the northeast.