Chinese military hardware, including warships, missiles and computer equipment, were put on display at the 2015 Latin America Aerospace and Defense (LAAD) exhibition in Rio de Janeiro this week.

Four Chinese state-owned military firms organized by China's State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense are participating in the four-day expo, which started Tuesday and has drawn some 700 exhibitors from around the world, reports China state news agency Xinhua.

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China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation is showcasing 64 products for different ship systems, including aircraft carrier Liaoning. Meanwhile Poly Technologies Inc. has a 46-meter-long patrol ship and Rainbow 4 UAV on display.

China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation is exhibiting several models of Chinese-made rockets, and China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation (CEIEC) is showing multi-function radars and anti-mine equipment.

Zhang Zhihui, from CEIEC, told Xinhua that his company has teamed up with Brazil's state Amazonas in its Green Amazon Project, which aims to monitor environmental protection efforts in the Amazon rain forest, as well as natural disasters, drug-related and criminal activities along its borders.

Deputy Director of Poly Technologies Inc. Yu Fuzhen said he has confidence that "as high-level contacts between China and Latin America increase, so will the continent's acceptance of China" and Chinese-made technologies.

"I pay great attention to Chinese products every time," Monteiro de Castro, a Brazilian army officer who is in charge of choosing and purchasing military equipment told Xinhua. This is his third time attending the LAAD expo.

"In the past few years, Chinese science and technology have developed quickly and Chinese products have both good quality and good prices."

Xinhua reports that the LAAD Expo, sponsored by the Brazilian defense ministry, is appealing to exhibitors from 71 countries including industry giants Boeing, Saab, Embraer and Safran, as well as smaller companies and national delegations.

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