Reporters of the Association of the Industry of the Machine Tools of China have been informed that the market of the machine tools has developed quickly for the eight last years, in particular the export of the most influential brands of this industry. In this situation, the fifth Chinese exhibition of " machine tools with numerical order " will take place in Beijing in the International Center of Exhibition from April 21 to April 25 (CCMT 2008).

According to the Association of the Industry of the Machine Tools of China the statistics show that China has become the largest consumer and largest importer of machine tools for six consecutive years. Like the majority of the exhibitions of machine tools, the " CCMT" is held every two years and gathers more than 700 exhibitors.