約翰內斯堡是南非最大的城市和經濟中心，也是世界上最大的產金中心，經濟發達，交通便利。廣州和約翰內斯堡具有廣闊的合作前景，雙方擁有很多的合作優勢。特別值得一提的是，在廣州經商的非洲朋友很多，廣州是非洲朋友到中國尋求商機的首選城市。在當前中南兩國良好外交關係的大背景下，我們一定要加強經貿聯繫往來，促進雙方的經貿合作更上一個新的台階。
johannesburg is not only the largest city and economic center of south africa, but is also the largest gold-producing center in the world. the city boasts economic prosperity and good traffic network. the potential for the cooperation between guangzhou and johannesburg is extensive and both sides have a great many advantages for cooperation. one phenomenon which is worthy of special mention is that there are lots of friends from africa doing business in guangzhou. when our african friends wish to seek for business opportunities in china, most of them will set guangzhou as the no.1 priority. under the background of favorable foreign relations between china and south africa, we must strengthen our intercourse of economy and trade. it is expected that, with our joint efforts, the economic and trade cooperation between both sides will scale new heights.
一是雙方互利共贏，具有良好的合作基礎。中國和南非雖然相隔千山萬水，但是自從1998年建交以來，雙方在政治、經濟、文化等領域的合作呈現出飛速發展的勢頭，特別是最近南非加入了“金磚”國家行列，中南兩國將在國際舞台上發揮重要作用，相互幫助，互利合作，共贏發展，奠定了雙方開展全面合作的堅實基礎。
first of all, both sides have set a satisfactory foundation for cooperation, mutual benefit and win-win situation. there may be thousands of mountains and rivers between china and south africa, which are far away from each other. however, since 1998, the year in which the governments of both countries established diplomatic relations, the cooperation between both countries in the fields of politics, economy and culture, etc has been developing at very fast speed. in particular, south africa has recently become a new member of the “brics”. it is expected that china and south africa will play more important roles in the world scene. let's cooperate with and help each other to achieve mutual benefit and win-win situation. in this way, we will be able to set a solid foundation for comprehensive cooperation between both sides.
二是雙方優勢互補，具有廣闊的合作前景。廣州的汽車及零部件、石油化工、現代裝備、船舶製造、航空產業等先進制造業發達;廣州的金融保險、商貿會展、信息服務、文化創意等現代服務業發展迅猛;新一代信息技術、生物工程、新材料、新能源與節能環保、新能源汽車、海洋工程等戰略性新興產業快速發展。南非則在金屬製品、珠寶、礦產品等產業具有比較優勢，雙方在產業和產品結構上具有很強的互補性，合作潛力巨大。