On September 25th local time, The South Africa-China Trade and Investment Promotion Confrence and The 9TH South Africa HOMELIFE Expo came to a successful conclusion at the Gallagher Convention Center in Johannesburg, South Africa!
More than 15,000 people visited, and both the passenger flow and business opportunities were booming
As a national-level economic and trade cooperation platform between China and South Africa and the largest B2B professional exhibition independently held by China in Africa, this exhibition covers an area of nearly 12,000 square meters, attracting nearly 400 enterprises to participate and over 15,000 professional buyers from South Africa and neighboring countries to visit and purchase.
Gather top-notch forces and jointly ignite a new engine for cooperation
During the exhibition, two major events kicked off simultaneously. Representatives from the political, business and academic circles of China and South Africa attended the event, and the atmosphere on the spot was very lively.
The South Africa-China Trade and Investment Promotion Confrence
This conference was jointly organized by the South Africa Exhibition Organizing Committee, the Chinese Embassy in South Africa and the Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa. The conference achieved fruitful results, demonstrating the common will of both sides to promote practical cooperation and seek new impetus for development. It has injected new vitality into the all-round strategic partnership between China and South Africa in the new era.
The 2025 Ubantu Smart Cities Confrence
The conference is jointly organized by the Meorient &HOMLIFE Exhibition Organizing Committee and the BRICS Business Council Working Group (an official G20 organizing unit), aiming to explore the cutting-edge trends and practical paths in the development of smart cities.
Frequent praise, powerfully demonstrating the effectiveness of the exhibition
"Only after seeing it with your own eyes can you truly appreciate how satisfactory the strength of 'Made in China' is!"
"The negotiations were pleasant and practical, and the pace of cooperation has exceeded expectations."
"Not only for procurement, but also an important step in promoting economic and trade cooperation between China and South Africa!"
Buyers are flocking in to witness the hard power of "Made in China" up close! The products are highly praised, the negotiations are efficient and practical, and an efficient procurement connection platform has been successfully established.
In addition, many participating enterprises also expressed that the exhibition results were surprising. Whether it was brand exposure, customer accumulation or actual transaction volume, they all far exceeded the initial expectations, achieving remarkable results!
Shaoyang Yuantai Industrial
We come to participate in the exhibition every year and have been quite successful. This time, we brought representative products to the exhibition. During the exhibition, we met many guests and benefited a lot.
Yongkang Jiayun Industry and Trade
This exhibition in South Africa was highly successful! We have received a large number of customer inquiries and many potential customers. Our product design is quite novel and very popular in South Africa. We will collaborate with Meorient again next year and come to the South African exhibition once more!
Zhejiang Dingshi Kitchenware Industry
This visit to South Africa was mainly aimed at visiting clients and expanding the market. During the exhibition, we precisely connected with over 50 clients and confirmed orders for 4 containers. We look forward to more cooperation with Meorient in the future.
Dongguan Yongsheng Life-saving Equipment
The South African market is much larger than expected. Buyers have high demands, and the advantage of high cost performance of products is highly favored by South African customers. The number of customers received at the exhibition was extremely large, so many that we couldn't handle it all!
Dongguan Oumeng Home Products
It was my first time at the South African exhibition, and I received 50 to 60 customer business cards. I learned about the local business model in South Africa. Next, I will participate in the Meorient exhibition in Poland and Saudi Arabia. Next year, I will continue to expand into new markets!
Intelligent matching, AI makes business opportunities "come" to your door
The successful holding of this year's HOMELIFE South Africa exhibition is inseparable from the comprehensive application of Meorient's AI Smart Exhibition system and AI glasses on the exhibition site. This product, through the combination of software and hardware, has achieved full-process digitalization and intelligence, significantly improving the connection efficiency between exhibitors and professional buyers as well as the exhibition experience.
Pre-exhibition precise customer acquisition: The AI Smart Exhibition system accurately screens high-potential customers and intelligently generates multi-language invitations, facilitating efficient customer acquisition.
Efficient connection during the exhibition: AI glasses support real-time translation between 128 languages, effectively breaking down communication barriers. The business record function of the AI Glasses Global Edition enables one-click file creation and instant generation of customer views. "Agent Q&A" real-time answering; The AI Smart Exhibition system instantly reminds buyers of their arrival at the exhibition, significantly enhancing the efficiency of connection and negotiation.
Post-exhibition intelligent management: Automatically generate exhibition effectiveness reports, visualize customer follow-ups, meeting minutes and business opportunity progress through the "Boss Board", achieve data assetization, management visualization and risk controllability, and ensure the long-term transformation of achievements.
The popularity has reached an all-time high, and domestic and foreign media have been competing to report on it
The strongest "endorsement"! The South African ambassador tweeted three times in a row
His Excellency Ambassador Wu Peng of the People's Republic of China to South Africa has continuously posted three social media updates, highly praising this conference and exhibition for injecting new impetus into economic and trade cooperation between the two countries!
The authority continues to gain increasing attention both domestically and internationally.
The grandeur of the exhibition has drawn high attention from mainstream media both at home and abroad. CCTV News, People's Daily, People's Daily Online, Xinhua News Agency, the Chinese Government's website, China News Service, China Economic Net, CGTN, SAnews, the South African government's news agency, and other authoritative platforms at home and abroad have all reported on the exhibition in a comprehensive and multi-angle manner in the first instance. Relevant topics quickly rose to the top of "Baidu Hot Search" and continued to attract widespread social attention, fully demonstrating the heat and influence of economic and trade cooperation between China and South Africa.
Although the extension period is short, it clearly shows the surging business opportunities
The journey of HOMELIFE
It is precisely a microcosm of the boundless expansion of Chinese brands
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