The country's biggest airshow, in the southern coastal city of Zhuhai, comes as Beijing pushes to meet a 2035 deadline to retool its military for modern warfare.
China still lags the United States in terms of tech and investment in its war machine, but experts say it is narrowing the gap.
A US intelligence report this year flagged China's growing influence as one of America's biggest threats.
On Tuesday, a prototype of a new surveillance drone able to carry out attacks – the CH-6 – was among domestic tech unveiled in Zhuhai.
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