The competition is a regular on the World Cup series, the 2016 edition of which has been shortened due to this summer’s Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

It will visit three stages rather than the usual four, with the event in Shanghai being followed by tournaments in Medellin in Colombia and Ankara in Turkey, before the final in Odense, Denmark in September.

The number of archers due to descend on the Chinese city is 10 more than last year’s competition, according to World Archery.

Three of the four defending World Cup champions are scheduled to be in attendance in Shanghai, with 2015 women’s recurve winner Choi Misun the only absentee.

Men’s compound World Cup holder Demir Elmaagacl of Turkey will be hoping to get his pursuit of a successful title defence off to the best possible start, while the same goes for Colombia’s Sara Lopez, who is bidding for a third straight overall title in the women’s compound discipline.

Spain’s Miguel Alvarino Garcia, the current world number six, comes into the event in Shanghai as the defending men’s recurve champion.

Another notable name due to compete in the Chinese city is Fiji’s Robert Elder, who represented the Pacific nation at the Athens 2004 and London 2012 Olympic Games.

Elder, a former high jumper, took second-ranked South Korean Kim Bubmin to five sets at the Olympics in London four years ago and is expected to head to Rio, providing his place is confirmed on the team by his National Olympic Committee.

“This week in Shanghai I’m just hoping for a personal best, if the weather holds out,” the Fijian, who competes in the recurve discipline, said.

“My best at a World Cup is 626. I’d love to put in 630 or 640.

“I’d just like to win my first match,” Elder said.

“We’ll see what happens from there.

“I’m hoping to peak at the right time.”

The World Cup in Shanghai gets underway with qualifications tomorrow and comes to a conclusion on Sunday (May 1).