China’s Smart-Home Exporters Draw APEC Buyers at Canton Fair

What changed

The second phase of the 140th Canton Fair opened in Guangzhou on October 27 with Chinese smart-home exporters drawing buyers from APEC economies.

• Jindi Holdings said it signed about $2 million in indicative orders with buyers including those from Thailand.
• Jindi’s overseas sales rose 10% year on year in the first half of 2026.
• South Korean company KFCC signed a 225 million yuan high-end ceramic-coating project in Guangdong in April.

Why it matters

The fair is showing how home goods are becoming a practical test of China’s wider trade ties across the Asia-Pacific. Buyers from Australia, Japan, South Korea, Indonesia and other APEC economies are not just browsing: some are discussing factory visits and potential supply relationships.

The products on display range from compressed sofas and functional pillows to quiet doors and ceramic coatings designed to be dust-resistant, non-flammable and non-toxic. That mix matters because these are finished products and industrial inputs that can travel through regional supply chains in different ways.

KFCC already operates factories in Jiangsu and Guangdong and says its new Guangdong project will produce 1,000 tonnes of high-end ceramic coatings a year for kitchenware, appliances and new-energy vehicles. Jindi has a production base in Vietnam and showrooms in the United States. Dreams Matter Home Technology has research and production facilities in the United States and Thailand.

China’s trade with other APEC economies reached 24.07 trillion yuan in the first three quarters, up 23.9% from a year earlier. The fair does not show how much of that growth comes from smart-home products, and indicative orders are not completed contracts. But the business pattern is clear enough: regional buyers are meeting Chinese manufacturers not only to source products, but to explore where production, research and sales can sit across the Asia-Pacific.