Guangzhou, Guangdong -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/14/2011 -- The Second China Stevia 360°Forum 2011 was held on Mar. 21-22 in Shanghai. More than 70 professionals attended the forum. Participants included top stevia company representatives, stevia leaf suppliers, scholars and experts from stevia associations, etc.

Professional stevia researcher Chao Zhang, from Guangzhou CCM Information Science and Technology Co., Ltd., was invited as one of the forum speakers.

Topics of the forum covered trends and prediction of stevia market in 2011, the further processing technology, rules and regulation changes on stevia application, stevia quality safety and standards, etc. In the interaction session, challenges and potentials in stevia market has been heatedly discussed. Researcher Chao Zhang took an active part in it for his logical and in-depth analysis on Chinese influence on Asian stevia market, which aroused many participants’ interest.

Chao Zhang shared his insightful views based on his years of devotion in the stevia market observation and study. His topic Chinese Position in the Asian High Sweetener Market started from the introduction of stevia position in Asian high sweetener industry then extended to Chinese stevia market’s influence on Asian stevia industry development and analysis of stevia industrial chain in China.

Chao Zhang quoted some figures and charts obtained by scientific methods in his latest popular work to have a sensational illustration of his viewpoint, right with CCM’s style of rigor and foresight as always. Zhang’s speech was well-received and stirred up a hot discussion in his interaction part with participants on the contents he covered.

Most of the participants gave The Second China Stevia 360°Forum 2011 credit for its profession and communication efficiency. Zhang also thought highly of this event and suggested that focus extension on competitive product industry in the forum could contribute better prospective on stevia industry development.