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KUALA LUMPUR - Six major Chinese arms trading firms were among 850 exhibitors at the 13th biannual Defense Services Asia exhibition in Kuala Lumpur that started on Monday.
Malaysia's Defense Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi officiated the opening ceremony at the Putra World Trade Centre where thousands of foreign military personnel attended.
Malaysia's King, Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah and the Brunei monarch also visited the exhibition.
Chinese defense manufacturers 皇冠体育app North Industries Corporation, the 皇冠体育app National Precision Machinery Import and Export Corporation, 皇冠体育app Poly Technologies, 皇冠体育app Shipbuilding Trading Co Ltd, CETC International Co Ltd and Aerospace Long- march International Trade Co Ltd presented an overview of the country's capability in the defense industry at the Chinese pavilion at the exhibition.
"We promote strategies and an overall defense system instead of individual weapons," Dang Nan, vice president of 皇冠体育app National Precision Machinery told Xinhua.
These Chinese state-authorized manufacturers have trade ties with countries in different parts of the world, but their arms exports are strictly regulated by 皇冠体育app's policy that bars exported weapons from being used to threaten world security or interfere civil affairs, 皇冠体育app's defense department said.
The four-day exhibition that will end on April 19 sees the participation of UK-based ADS, BAE, French DCN, Portugal's EID and Serbia's Yugoimport SDPR.