Houjie town, a famous exhibition town in Houjie-Furniture Capital, was built in the middle of Xuanhe, Hui Zong in the Northern Song Dynasty (A.D.119-1125). It has a history of over 800 years. It is said that the official tour of Wangtai in Putian, Fujian Province is here, because it is located behind the "military shop" (military yard). Since then, the population has doubled, all walks of life have flourished and talents have emerged in large numbers. Because of its simple and kind folk customs and rich life, it is also named "Houjie". Houjie has been prosperous in commerce and trade since ancient times, with rich products. Wancao, sausage, Seto powder and other specialties are well-known at home and abroad. Houjie, with comprehensive strength, is located on the east bank of the Pearl River Delta, in the middle of the Suigang Economic Corridor, connecting Dongguan in the north and Humen Port in the south. The Guangzhou-Shenzhen Expressway, the S256 Provincial Highway, the planned Pearl River Delta intercity light rail and the Dongguan Ring Expressway run through the whole territory, and the new Dongguan Station of the Guangzhou-Hong Kong passenger high-speed railway, which is about to start, is located in it. The total area of the town is 126. 15 square kilometers, with a registered population of 95,000 and a foreign resident population of more than 400,000. It has successively won the titles of Pearl River Delta key industrial satellite town, national top 100 township enterprises town, national top 10 export-earning town, national health town, China exhibition town, Guangdong furniture professional town, Guangdong education strong town and Dongguan civilized town. In 2008, the GDP reached 1, 6 1 billion yuan, the total industrial output reached 37.2 billion yuan, and the total export value was 4.6 billion dollars. It was turned over to the state for 2,654.38 billion yuan, and the balance of RMB deposits in financial institutions was 22.5 billion yuan. The built-up area of infrastructure is 68 square kilometers, accounting for 50% of the total area. Roads extend in all directions, with a width of more than16m and a length of more than 3 10/0km. In 2008, the power supply was 3.3 billion kWh, and the total water supply was 65.438+0.3 billion cubic meters. There are 65,438+400,000 program-controlled telephone users. With 126 medical institutions, Houjie Hospital is the first township "second-class" hospital in the city, and the large private hospital Renkang Hospital of Southern Medical University has a total construction area of 1 10000 square meters. The first waste incineration residual heat power plant in China, with a daily garbage processing capacity of10.5 million tons. It has a national demonstration high school and a national key vocational and technical school in Guangdong Province. There are 73 primary and secondary schools and kindergartens in the town. Guangdong Vocational College of Innovation and Technology, which is under construction, has a building area of 280,000 square meters and can enroll 1 10,000 students after completion. Houjie, a manufacturing base, has more than 1 100 foreign-funded enterprises and 28,564 private individual enterprises, including Samsung Group and Tyco, which are among the world's top 500 enterprises, forming an industrial cluster with electromechanical, footwear and furniture as its pillars, in which the total export volume of electromechanical, footwear and furniture accounts for 85% of the total export volume of the town. Electronic machinery enterprises account for 47% of the total investment of foreign-funded enterprises and 72% of the total export of the town. Guangdong Modern International Exhibition Center, a famous exhibition town, covers an area of 330,000 square meters, with a total indoor exhibition area of 200,000 square meters. It is a member of the Global Exhibition Industry Association and other trade organizations, the best service exhibition venue in China and one of the three exhibition bases in Guangdong. More than 30 exhibitions are held every year, and international brand exhibitions such as famous furniture exhibitions, rubber and plastic machinery exhibitions, hardware machinery exhibitions, automobile exhibitions and international famous shoes exhibitions have been successfully cultivated. The internationally renowned furniture exhibition held twice a year ranks among the first-class furniture exhibitions in the world and is listed as a key support exhibition by the Ministry of Commerce. Host the first foreign-invested enterprises (domestic sales) Expo in Guangdong Province. There are nearly 400 furniture enterprises, 10 furniture professional markets and 10 employees in the furniture capital. The 5-kilometer-long Furniture Avenue is a large distribution center for furniture, machinery, materials and accessories in the Pearl River Delta region. "Famous Furniture Fair" is the first furniture fair certified by UFI in China, and now it has become the first furniture fair in Asia and the third in the world. More than 65,438 438+ 10/00,000 pieces of Houjie furniture products became special furniture for the opening and closing ceremonies of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, the Olympic Village, the news center and other places. Houjie is a famous hometown of footwear industry. There are more than 200 shoe-making enterprises with an annual output of more than 300 million pairs, accounting for 1/4 of the national output,1/0 of the global output and 1/3 of Guangdong's exports. It is one of the regions with the highest level and the most concentrated shoemaking industry in China, with a relatively complete shoemaking industry chain, forming industrial agglomeration development. The World Footwear Development Forum was successfully held in Houjie for two consecutive sessions. Leather shoes produced in Houjie became the special shoes for China delegation and officials of the Olympic Organizing Committee at the opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. With an investment of about/kloc-0.60 billion USD, the World Footwear (Asia) Headquarters Base, which integrates product research and development, information exchange and product trade, has settled in Houjie, and will be the aircraft carrier leading the footwear industry in China. Houjie, the capital of business and leisure, has more than commercial outlets 1 1000, and 37 specialized markets such as stone, shoe materials, building materials and wood. The bustling commercial street of Le Kang South Road, which is 2 kilometers long, is well-known, with more than 20 large-scale comprehensive shopping plazas, supermarkets and Chinese and western restaurants dotted around. The 27-hole Haiyi Golf Course has a beautiful environment. Houjie Hotel has complete service functions, with more than 30 hotels 10000, including 3 five-star hotels, with more than 200,000 guest rooms10000, and receives more than 2 million passengers annually. The largest Hilton Hotel project in China signed a contract to settle in Houjie.