When Taiwanese manufacturers heard that factory space could be rented for RMB4-8 per square meter per month, they flocked to Dongguan. The city became the first choice for Taiwanese industrialists, because it was close to Hong Kong and its land prices were lower than Shenzhen's.
圍牆圈起廠房，一平方公尺每個月四到八塊錢人民幣的廠租，大批台灣製造業聞風而來，而其中距離香港近、土地價格又比深圳低的東莞，就成為台商首選。