Conghua district, located in the northeast of Guangzhou, is a transport hub in the city, with a "Four Horizontals and Four Verticals" railway and highway system. Conghua District is about a 40-minute drive from central Guangzhou and key transport centers such as the airport and port, and is part of the 1-hour living circle in the Pearl River Delta and the 2-hour living circle in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.

The "Four Horizontals" are the Shantou-Zhanjiang Highway, the Foshan-Qingyuan-Conghua Highway, the North Third Ring Road Highway, and the Qingyuan-Conghua-Dongguan intercity railway; the "Four Verticals" are the Beijing-Zhuzhou Highway, the Dalian-Guangzhou Highway (G105 national highway), the Northern Expressway and Metro Line 14.