SINGAPORE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Singapore Airshow 2018, Asia's largest and one of the most important aerospace and defence exhibition in the world, will be held here from Feb. 6 to Feb. 11, according to a media briefing on Thursday.

This year's airshow will attract more than 1,000 participating firms from 50 countries and regions, including 65 of the top 100 global aerospace companies such as Airbus, Boeing and UTC Aerospace Systems.

Meanwhile, the biennial airshow will have some new exhibitors this year, including the Collective Wisdom Technology, the Star UAV and the Chengdu Holy Aviation from China, said Leck Chet Lam, Managing Director of airshow organizing company Experia Events.

He said Chinese manufacturers of commercial and military jets and Russian manufacturers of fighter jets, commercial aircraft and helicopters will participate in the airshow.

The number of trade visitors to this year's airshow is expected to reach about 50,000, who are from about 150 countries and regions, including the major aviation markets like the United States, Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Israel. During the two public days from Feb. 10 to 11, the number of public day visitors are expected to exceed 80,000.