The biennial conference on Asian spices opened in kunming today, which is the third session of the conference since it was held. For yunnan, which has the reputation of "the land of spices", this kind of regional international industry exchange gala will bring more opportunities for the development of the spice industry in the whole province.
The "2014 Asian spice conference" is sponsored by China chamber of commerce for food, soil and animal products, China flavor, essence and cosmetics industry association and yunnan provincial department of commerce, and co-organized by Indian flavor association, Indian flavor and oil association, Indonesian flavor association and Sri Lanka flavor association. It will be held from 8th to 10th.
It is learned that during the conference, the guests who come to participate in this conference will conduct an investigation on the aroma industry in yunnan. On July 10, representatives of the conference will go to shilin to visit the planning and construction of china-france aromatic industrial park. The closing ceremony of the conference will also be held in shilin. Kunming and grasse, the capital of perfume of the world, signed the sister-city agreement in 2012. Over the past two years, cooperation between kunming and many top French perfume enterprises and the French cosmetics valley industrial park has made continuous progress.
In addition, during the meeting, from Europe, America, South Asia, southeast Asia and yunnan local flavors representatives of manufacturing enterprise, integrating the universal concern of all Asian spices industry hotspot issues, and development from the present situation of natural spice in yunnan, China, and the spices, the demand of the market and trade, countries natural spice oil situation and other issues analyzed and discussed.
In the modern history of the world, Asian spices once attracted the attention of European and American countries, and the spice trade was one of the regional representatives in the global trade at that time. Now, hundreds of years later, under the background of economic globalization, Asian spices have become an important part of the international flavor with their abundant resource advantages.
As the geometric center of Asian territory, yunnan is also a huge treasure house of natural spices. It is understood that nearly 400 natural spice crops have been found and introduced in yunnan, of which more than 100 can be developed and utilized, and 90% of the world's spice plants can grow in the open air in yunnan. In recent years, yunnan spice essence production has developed rapidly, the export volume accounts for about 15% of the whole country, has become China's main natural flavor production base. However, yunnan natural spice industry is always at the bottom of the global spice industry chain in primary raw material processing.
It can be predicted that the convening of the Asian spices conference in yunnan will bring more market information and trade and investment opportunities to the spice industry in China, meanwhile, it will actively promote the development of the spice industry in yunnan, and provide a broader international arena for yunnan spice enterprises to obtain the latest information in the industry.