Why is Dongguan called Xingdu? The origin of Xingdu

Do you know which city "Sex Capital" is? I think most people know it is Dongguan. On the morning of February 9, 2014, CCTV's "News Live Room" exposed illegal activities such as sex trafficking in multiple entertainment venues in Dongguan City, making Dongguan, known as the "Sex City", the focus of people's attention across the country. And is it because of this incident that Dongguan got the title of "Sex City"? Will this incident have any impact on Dongguan culture? As the forefront of China's reform and opening up, Dongguan is the most vibrant, dynamic and open city. Why has it become China's sex capital? Let's go and get to know the city.

External factors that formed the “Sex City”

Why is the “Sex City” Dongguan? Why not Beijing and Shanghai? Not even Guangzhou and Shenzhen? There are deep natural, political, economic, geographical, social and other reasons for this. In layman's terms, "the right time, the right place, the right people, and the right people" created "Xingdu".

Let’s look at “Tianshi” first. It is difficult for China's northeast and northwest areas to become "sexual capitals." In those places, the ladies in entertainment venues were shivering from the cold before they even took off two pieces of clothing. Is this kind of weather suitable for the porn industry, which requires people to "take off their clothes and take off their belts"? Therefore, "Singdu" must be a subtropical city with a warm climate.

Let’s look at “geographical convenience” again. Let’s take a look at the map. Dongguan is located in the heart of the Pearl River Delta region and has extremely convenient transportation. It borders Guangzhou to the west, Macau to the south, and is only a two-hour drive to Hong Kong. In other words, whether you are a wealthy person from Hong Kong, Macau or Guangzhou, it only takes one meal to get to Dongguan by car.

Finally, let’s look at “Renhe”. There are two types of people that are indispensable in the sex industry: prostitutes and clients. In addition to the "Sex City", Dongguan also has a real reputation: the "Manufacturing City". This has attracted a large number of migrant workers to Dongguan. According to statistics, in 1986, Dongguan had only 15,622 temporary residents. By 2006, this number was 5,867,555, an increase of more than 370 times in 20 years. A significant number of these migrant workers are young women.

The development history of Dongguan’s porn industry

As early as the 1980s, Dongguan’s underground porn industry was already booming, but the main symbol of Dongguan’s underground porn industry at that time was not like the high-end hotels it has today. The sauna center with supporting facilities and online promotion is instead "Wenzhou City" and "Fujian City" under pink lights. At that time, a large number of Hong Kong businessmen came to Dongguan to invest and set up factories. Hong Kong businessmen bring funds and equipment, but they are worried about the political environment in the mainland and are afraid of being "aborted" at any time, so most of them dare not bring their wives and children. In order to attract investors to stay in Dongguan, they began to turn a blind eye to the underground porn industry. As a result, Dongguan's pornography industry has sprung up like mushrooms after a rain.

In the 1990s, with the rise of the electronics industry, the electronics industry originally in Taiwan moved to Dongguan, where labor was cheap, and a large number of Taiwanese businessmen went to Dongguan. Taiwanese businessmen pay more attention to the quality of personal life than Hong Kong businessmen, so Dongguan's pornographic industry began to introduce advanced foreign experience. The pornographic service industry in Dongguan is gradually becoming famous

The underground pornographic industry in Dongguan is believed to have started around 1995. Guests, many people from Hong Kong and Cantonese come here because of its reputation.

The influx of population is undoubtedly an important factor. During the peak period of Dongguan's development, regular employment throughput remained at around 8 million people. This has caused a sharp increase in the urban population of Dongguan, with only 1.7 million local residents registered, but the actual population accommodated by Dongguan in recent years is at least 12 million.

The influx of migrant population makes urban management more difficult and public security deteriorates; it also intensifies the desire for consumption, such as sex.

The rise of Dongguan’s porn industry is also closely related to the development of the local hotel industry. After 1996, local private capital entered the hotel industry in a big way. Li Shannu, former director of the Dongguan Municipal Tourism Bureau, once said: “I just have too much money and don’t know where to put it, so I have to build hotels.” In this city with an area of ??only 2,645 square kilometers, there are more than 90 star hotels, including five-star hotels. With more than 20 star-rated hotels, Dongguan has become the city with the highest density of star-rated hotels in the world.

There are many entertainment venues such as hotels and clubs, providing venues for the porn industry; a complete industrial chain has been formed around the upstream and downstream of the sex industry, such as motorcycles, jewelry, clothing, sex products and other industries.

There have been media reports that industry insiders estimate that the annual economic benefits generated by Dongguan’s pornography industry and directly or indirectly related industries may be as high as 50 billion yuan.

Obviously, Dongguan’s current economic growth is inextricably linked to the pornography industry, and Dongguan’s “stigma” is so intertwined and intertwined.

Impact on the local economy

According to a report by Oriental Morning Post in August 2010, people in Dongguan’s underground sex industry estimated that there were more than 100,000 young ladies in Dongguan. The entire underground sex industry And its direct and indirect related industries, it generates economic benefits of nearly 40 billion yuan every year, while the GDP of Dongguan as a whole in 2009 was more than 370 billion yuan. According to media reports in 2011, the annual economic benefits generated by Dongguan's pornography industry once reached as much as 50 billion yuan, which amounted to about 14% of the local annual GDP.

Some analysts believe that once the underground porn industry declines, Dongguan's economy may suffer a big impact, with the hotel industry bearing the brunt, and this area is the industry with the largest investment by local private capital in Dongguan. At present, the total investment is conservatively estimated to exceed 30 billion yuan.