In 2000, Zhejiang University of technology held the first symposium on Monascus in China

Zhejiang University of technology held another Symposium on Monascus in 2004

2007 Symposium on Monascus and ginseng fermentation in Korea

International Symposium on Monascus was held in Taiwan University in December 2008

2010.3.5 Kagoshima University held "Asian yeast seminar"