BEIJING: China will exhibit its might to the world during the upcoming military parade, which will display dozens of specialized weapons including seven types of nuclear and conventional missiles on September 3.

Troops from at least 10 countries including Russia and South Korea will participate in the parade, which is meant to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Japan's defeat in World War II, the country's armed forces said Friday.

The national parade will include 200 aircrafts, about 40 types of weapons numbering 500 pieces of hardware and 12,000 Chinese troops will participate.

Though the parade is to demonstrate China's defense capability to Japan, it will be closely watched in New Delhi because it will reveal detains of Chinese weapons system. At least 27 types of sophisticated weapons used on ground, air and sea attacks will be on display.

Chinese president Xi Jinping has attached high importance to the preparations for the parade, which is taking place immediately after Japan decided to move towards militarization after spending decades under a pacifist constitution.

China will show its capability to carry out "strategic strike" during the parade in Beijing, according to Qu Rui, a general staff headquarters officer. All the weapons are part of "Chinese-made main battle equipment", he. About 84 percent of the weapons will be shown for the first time.

"They represent the new development, new achievements and new images of the building of Chinese armed forces," he said.

The official Xinhua news agency quoted an unnamed source saying, "Our missile weaponry has seen great advances, in terms of firing range, strike methods, accuracy and mobility". Qu said some of the planes on display would be from the "carrier-based aircraft echelon", which means that aircraft attached to China's sole aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, will take part.

Japan's retreat from China was prompted by US bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki . But in China, the government is celebrating the success of what it describes as the "Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War".

Earlier, Xi attended a similar parade in Moscow in May commemorating victory over Nazi Germany and President Vladimir Putin is due to return the gesture by travelling to the Beijing event.