According to a plan issued by the Dongguan Municipal People’s Government around fostering and developing strategic industrial clusters (Dong Fu No. 10 [2021]), gross revenue from the city’s pillar industries – including next-generation electronic information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, textile, garment, footwear and headwear manufacturing, and the food and beverage sector, is projected to keep pace with the city’s overall economic development over the next five years. More