The first is iconic. The central square is located in the center of the administrative and cultural center, with the northern administrative office center as the core, and forms the core of the new city with eight buildings including Dongguan Convention Building, Yulan Grand Theatre, Dongguan Exhibition Hall, Youth Activity Center, Dongguan New Library, Dongguan Mass Art Museum and Dongguan Science and Technology Museum. The central square is a leading project that takes a big step every year and sees the new city in five years. It is a vivid epitome of Dongguan's construction of a modern manufacturing city, an ecological green city and a new cultural city.

The second is artistry. The theme of the central square is blue ribbon (waterscape), green ribbon (flowers and trees) and light ribbon (night scene), and the design of each part is carefully pursuing the perfect artistic realm. The administrative square is symmetrically arranged left and right, and is divided into three sections along the north-south central axis: the etiquette bridge, the flag-raising platform and the northern water scenic spot with curved water surface; Waterfront light columns, white column main sculptures and lush forests on both sides are the central water scenic spots; The large-scale dry spraying square and the large-scale green slope together constitute the dry spraying square area. The cultural square is arranged along the central axis and gradually turns to asymmetric layout. At the northern end of the square, there are floating waterscape, waterscape newspaper gallery, egg-shaped amphitheater, inclined commercial street and other landscapes. The landscape at the southern end of the square takes the big waterscape as the core, and the circular peninsula, green platform, lakeside garden, waterside stage, long bridge, underwater raised floor and other landscapes form a colorful lakeside landscape. The design of the eight surrounding buildings is different, and some buildings have also been invited for international bidding, striving to integrate the essence of eastern and western architectural culture and reflect the high artistic attainments of the square.

The third is ecology. The environmental art of the central square pursues the perfect unity of natural ecology and artificial landscape, and highlights the artistic conception of harmony between man and nature. The square is cleverly planted with trees, and the greening rate of the whole square reaches 33.4%; With a water surface area of 75,000 square meters, it forms a natural and cultural landscape integrating water collection, flowers, plants and lake pavilions, and is connected with Yuan Mei Park in the south, thus forming a unique contiguous urban forest in Dongguan.

The fourth is openness. Fully embodying the people-oriented principle is a major feature of Dongguan Central Plaza. All squares are open layout, which not only provides a large number of urban landscapes for citizens to visit, relax and entertain, but also provides a variety of cultural, artistic and sports service facilities. It is a public square that truly serves the people.

Walking in the central square, people can't help being conquered by its unique charm. The central square has a "floating water scene", "running water newspaper gallery", an open-air theater surrounded by running water, a 60,000-square-meter artificial lake, a free island, a sunken passage, underwater trees, sculptures and a waterside stage. , together constitute a colorful space. Among them, the main spray of artificial lake can reach more than 70 meters, and the laser water curtain film is unique.