Innovation is imperative to upgrade China's lighting capital

The arrival of the financial crisis, the real estate industry has been a greater impact, the lighting industry in Zhongshan has suffered no small impact. Accelerate the pace of industrial upgrading and innovation, enhance their competitiveness is imperative.

Last year, the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, magnificent, colorful Chinese red has shocked the world billions of viewers. This is the color of the world, that is, from Zhongshan lighting enterprises Huayi Lighting Group provides LED (semiconductor lighting technology) lighting. In this show, the audience not only to see the "China Lighting Capital" - Zhongshan strong new light source technology strength, but also reflects the "China Lighting Capital" quietly changed.

Lighting industry upgrading imperative

In the Pearl River Delta region, Zhongshan's industrial cluster economy is very distinctive. 2007, Zhongshan's industrial output value accounted for more than 70% of the city's industrial output value.

In many industrial clusters in Zhongshan, the lighting industry is a major traditional industries, Zhongshan is also known as the "China Lighting Capital"". To the lighting industry is the most concentrated town of ancient town, the local enterprises engaged in lighting and related to more than 5 thousand, employing more than 100 thousand people, the industrial scale of about $16 billion.

However, lighting, lighting products manufacturing, in the past has been a labor-intensive industries, technical content and product added value is not high, the upgrading of industrial clusters is very urgent. Zhongshan Municipal Committee, mayor Li Qihong told the author: Zhongshan is the only pilot industrial upgrading and upgrading of the city of Guangdong. It is difficult to support the construction of large industrialization with the characteristics of big industry and long value chain. As a leading lighting industry cluster innovation upgrade 'pilot' area, Guzhen lighting industry must upgrade from the perfect brand chain effect, technology alliance, regional brand, industrial center, distribution center and other aspects of a comprehensive innovation, become more influential and competitive industries in the core area. "

The arrival of the financial crisis, the real estate industry has been greatly affected, Guzhen lighting has also suffered a small impact, accelerate the upgrading of innovation, enhance their competitiveness is imperative. Said Wei Hongrui, deputy mayor of the town of Zhongshan.

Just at this time, LED as a new light source into the "China Lighting Capital" vision. "LED is known as the third lighting revolution after the fire and the incandescent lamp, the product has the advantages of energy saving, environmental protection, long service life, low maintenance cost and safety features, the size of the market in recent years the annual growth of more than one hundred billion yuan. The industry sees LED as one of the most promising high-tech fields in this century. "Zhongshan Information Industry Bureau official told the author.

With the emphasis on energy conservation and environmental protection, some governments have begun to ban incandescent. "The European Union will ban the use of incandescent bulbs next year. At the moment, the market will become narrower and narrower. Lighting products in the future market is mainly traditional energy-saving lamps and LED products, although the current price of LED products are several times more expensive than the former, but its energy saving and environmental protection characteristics are unmatched by other artificial light source. "Zhongshan science and Technology Bureau deputy director Dong said.

It is worth noting that the current market price of LED lamps is about 30% per year decline in the proportion of. A few years later, when the price of LED products with energy-saving lamps almost the same price, between the two will be sentenced. There is no doubt that a few years later, LED products will become the mainstream of the lighting market. Dong think.

It is understood that the current Zhongshan LED industry has a certain foundation. According to incomplete statistics, in 2008, the city's LED industry output value reached 5 billion yuan, the industry contrarian strong momentum of growth. Our LED products have accounted for two to 30% of lighting products, annual sales growth of around 15%, the future prospects are very impressive. Huayi lighting group brand director Fan Fengyuan told the author.

Lighting companies are now very active in the introduction of LED technology, because we all want to win the future. Since Zhongshan lighting production and sales accounted for 60% of the country, the development potential of Zhongshan LED industry can be imagined. It can be said, LED completed the upgrade of Zhongshan lighting, and Zhongshan lighting will also give LED a big stage of growth. Li Qihong said.

Build common technology platform for enterprises

Zhongshan lighting has a brand, a market, is the most capable of developing the LED industry. Tung said. However, the characteristics of small and medium enterprises in Zhongshan based technology, quality constraints on the development of the whole industry.

"We want to make use of technological innovation to strengthen the characteristics of the industry, Zhongshan government at all levels to guide the industrial upgrading of the way is to establish a common technology platform. Tung said. Such as Zhongshan Xiaolan Productivity Promotion Center, is the science and technology service platform of Xiaolan Town Government to promote technological innovation and development of the regional economy and the formation of small and medium-sized enterprises to provide technology, talent, information, Xiaolan funds and other services. Recently, Xiaolan Town to promote the development of LED industry, but also invested 5 million yuan, the introduction of LED product testing equipment.

To make an inappropriate analogy, the technical platform is like a Rolls-Royce car, it is difficult for SMEs in general, but through the 'common technology platform', SMEs can also share. The future development of enterprises, and feel that this thing is good, you can own. Tung said. At present, the application of LED is not very mature, technology, research and development and other basic inputs is very large, but also in the burn order