The region's largest                                
exhibition of Chinese home        
products was officially
inaugurated today by Her
Excellency Sheikha Lubna
bint Khalid Al Qasimi, UAE
Minister of Foreign Trade.

More than 200 Chinese suppliers of furniture, textiles, electronics, interior decorations, kitchen
and bathroom equipment, building materials, and products for mothers and children are
participating in the China HomLife Show, which takes place until Thursday at the Airport Expo
Dubai.

According to the event organisers Meorient International Group, high profile Chinese
manufacturers and suppliers of home products are using the exhibition to expand their regional
business operations and to source distribution partners across the GCC.
Pan Jianjun, General Manager of the Meorient International Group, said:
'Many famous Chinese enterprises have chosen the China Homlife Show in Dubai
as their new Silk Road to the Middle East market. They are participating in the
event to promote their brands and meet new business partners."
'With over 1,000 products on display, the exhibition also provides a unique sourcing platform
for trade visitors and consumers looking for high quality and cost-effective home products from
China," he added.

Running alongside the show, the China Modern Calligraphy and Paintings exhibition will
showcase traditional calligraphy and painting works created by great artists. The exhibition is
being held outside of China for the first time in Dubai, following successful events staged in
Beijing, Shanghai, Wenzhou, Chengdu, Shenzhen and Macau.

The launch exhibition has attracted some of China's leading suppliers of home products such
as furniture manufacturer Xilinmen, artistic home textile producer Yunlong Embroidery Co,
Ningbo Winwin Industrial Company Ltd, the first company to produce child safety seats in China
and refrigerator manufacturer Ningbo Huacai Electric Appliances Co., Ltd.

The event has also gained the support of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce,
Ningbo Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation Bureau and the Bureau of Commerce
Qingdao.