Ever since economic reforms accelerated on the mainland when Deng Xiaoping made a tour of the south in early 1992, four southern Cantonese cities-Zhongshan, Dongguan, Shunde, and Nanhai-have earned a reputation as the "four tigers" of Guangdong Province.
自從一九八七年大陸開放、中共前總理鄧小平南巡以來，位於廣東省南方的四個大城：中山、東莞、順德、南海這幾隻「廣東四小虎」，就以飛躍的速度發展，而其中東莞又居四小虎之首。