Son Wan Ho of South Korea, the highest-ranked Asian player, is Lin Dan's potential quarterfinal opponent.

2016 champion Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia, who has just clinched his third gold medal in the Commonwealth Games, will face a tough opener against China's young star Qiao Bin. If Lee went into the semifinal, he could meet Shi, the newly crowned All-England winner.

In the women's singles, top seed and defending champion Tai Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei was drawn to face a qualifier in the first round and so is the second seed and last year's finalist Akane Yamaguchi of Japan.

Chen Yufei, world No. 5, and He Bingjiao, world No. 8, will compete for the women's singles title for the hosts.

In the men's doubles, defending champions Li Junhui and Liu Yuchen, current world No. 4, will face a pair of qualifiers in the first round, while another home duo Liu Cheng and Zhang Nan, will encounter with Takuro Hoki and Yugo Kobayashi of Japan. The two Chinese pairs will seek to set an all-Chinese final in the men's doubles.

Two-time defending champions of women's doubles, also the winners at Rio Olympics, Misaki Matsutomo and Ayaka Takahashi of Japan will take on qualifiers in first round. Chinese pair Chen Qingchen and Jia Yifan were drawn to face Thailand's Kittipak Dubthuk and Natcha Saengchote.

In the mixed doubles, top seed and 2017 champions Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir of Indonesia will have Yuki Kaneok and Koharu Yonemoto of Japan as their first round opponents while second seed Wang Yilyu and Huang Dongping of China will face Vietnam's Do Tuan Duc and Pham Nhu Thao.

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