Dalang Town, a central town in Guangdong Province, is located in the central south districtdistrict of Dongguan City, covering an area of 118 square kilometers and governing 27 communities (villages), with a permanent population of 67,000 and an actual population up to 300,000. The town’s GDP in the year 2007 reached 10.26 billion yuan, an increase of 20.6% over the figure of the previous year; The gross industrial output was 21.75 billion yuan, an increase of 22.2%; The bank deposit balance totaled 10.03 billion yuan, up 7.4%; The total retail sale of consumer goods was 1.73 billion yuan, showing a growth of 20.5%; The total financial revenue of the entire town was 1.33 billion yuan, a rise of 27.8%; The disposable financial revenue of the town was 473 million yuan, rising by 19.7%. Dalang town has been awarded a series of honorable titles, including National Famous Town of Wool Sweaters, National Sanitary Town, Provincial Educational Town, Provincial Advanced Town of Physical Education, Provincial Professional Town of Pilot Unit for Technical Innovation, and Provincial Town of National Folk Art (lion dance), etc., Dalang ranks 55th among the National Top 1,000 Towns in China and 21st in Guangdong Province in 2006.