The first China International Import Expo (CIIE), set to kick off on Nov. 5 in east China’s Shanghai, is expected to gather top-of-the-range products from all over the world, and some exhibitors have given guests a sneak-peek in the lead up to the event, Chinanews.com reported on Oct. 18.

Food from New Zealand and ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) countries will be on display during the CIIE, alongside cooking equipment from Germany.

Praised as “the last piece of unpolluted land on earth,” New Zealand will bring high-quality food and drink produced by a renowned health food company, including mineral water, honey, red wine, and natural seafood.

Fructus Swietenia Macrophylla, a healthy fruit from the Solomon Islands, and the Moringa tree, also described as the Indian “miracle tree”, the roots of which are one of the raw materials in many curry dishes, will be on show in the ASEAN exhibition hall.

German multifunctional food cookers with integrated recipe chips for manual, automatic and guided cooking will also be on display, alongside a smart tea-making machine from Germany which has settings for tea washing, tea separation, multiple brewing and many other functions.

The UK, Russia, and Japan will bring medical and healthcare products to the expo.

Virtual reality (VR) medical simulation facilities from the UK will be displayed within the expo's technology transfer zone, which will provide doctors with risk-free VR medical training. The country will also present a genetic testing package at the exhibition.

Russia will bring an artificial lens that could help cure cataracts, while Italian hydrotherapy instruments for chronic intestinal diseases are also expected at the event.

Japan, regarded as the best medical care provider in the world, will display many new products, such as an electric bed, a four-legged walking stick specially designed for patients and the elderly, as well as supporting belt and chair harnesses to make bathing easier.