The level and grade of products showing at the 10th China International Machine Tool Show are higher than that in its history. The highlights are as follow: 1. High speed machining center more popular There are 210 machining centers are exhibited at the show (110 sets only at CIMT2005), 120 of them demonstrated by domestic companies and 90 from abroad. And about 50% of exhibits from abroad and 30% of domestic products are high speed machining center with max. Speed of spindle over 10000rpm. Some machines on show are of max. Speed of spindle up to 30000 to 40000rpm with rapid travels 60 to 70m/min. 2.More multi-function and integrated machine tools on show 20 sets of integrated machine tools in different integrating modes is showed including 12 sets of 5-axis turning/milling centers half of them are domestics and half from abroad. Shenyang Machine Tool Group demonstrates 6 turning/milling centers in series and in addition, a lot of companies from abroad exhibits 5-axis horizontal turning/milling centers such as Mazak (Japan), Okuma (Japan), Mori Seiki, DMG (Germany), Doosan (Korea) and WFL(Austria), etc. Moreover, many foreign companies exhibit 5-axis milling/turning centers such as Bumolec SA and Willemin from Swiss and DMG of Germany. There are machine tools with differ processes integrated on show, such as Ultrasonic and milling integrated machine and laser and milling integrated machine from DMG and turning and grinding integrated machine from Nanjing CNC Machine Tool. 3.New, Innovative and high grade products At the show, exhibitors both from home and abroad demonstrate a series of new and innovative products. For domestic products, there are parallel leg machine from Harbin Measuring & Cutting Tool Works, nano grinder from Shanghai Machine Tool Group, plasma fine cutting machine from Jier Machine Tool Group and gantry traveling high speed milling center for composite material. The exhibits from aboard include high precision wire –cut EDM of Agie Charmilles, high speed duo-spindle turning center of Hartings of USA, Jig grinder from Swiss,CNC jig boring machine of Yasda from Japan and high precision gear grinder from Recshauer of Swiss, Kapp of Germany and Gleason of US.