South African member of parliament Mzikayifane Khumalo, mayor of the rand city of gauteng province, chairman of the hangzhou municipal commission of commerce, sun biqing, as well as leaders such as Lusaka chamber of commerce, namibia chamber of commerce, African SADC national fund, attended the opening ceremony and toured the pavilion.
The expo has attracted 257 outstanding manufacturers from China, with over 500 booths and an exhibition area of over 10,000 square meters. It is expected to attract nearly 20,000 buyers from South Africa and neighboring countries to attend the exhibition.
As the largest Chinese commodities fair in South Africa, the fair brings more and more abundant Chinese products to local purchasers. The exhibition area is divided into textile clothing, furniture supplies, household appliances, lighting lamps, home gifts and other theme areas.Each exhibition area gathers the industry's leading enterprises, and comprehensively presents the brand image of made in China and the excellent productivity of Chinese manufacturers to buyers in South Africa and neighboring countries.
Sun Biqing director said in an interview with reporters, the exhibition is hangzhou response country "area" initiative, the implementation of the Beijing summit of the china-africa cooperation BBS mental actions, promote "overseas" hangzhou construction and improve the internationalization of the important measures of the city and will vigorously promote Chinese enterprises to develop the African market, promote the development of China's foreign trade, improve the international influence of hangzhou.The hangzhou overseas exhibition has been successfully held in eight countries along the route of One Belt And One Road.Due to the large scale of the exhibition, the number of exhibitors, and the good performance of the exhibition, the number of Chinese enterprises responding to the exhibition has gradually increased.In
2017 alone, more than 7,000 Chinese enterprises participated in overseas exhibitions, and more than 100,000 overseas local enterprises participated.Overseas exhibitions will gradually expand their scope in the future, and industries such as investment and tourism will also be included, he said.