On March 21, the 30^th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (hereinafter referred to as GILF) concluded with a great success, as evidenced by new record high data gained during the four-day session.

Under the theme of “Guzhen Lights up the World,” the 30^th GILF in a “1+8+N” layout has proved to be an exhibition, trade, and information platform for the whole industrial chain, featuring interaction between exhibition and stores, and online-offline channel integration.

Covering an exhibition area of over 1.5 million square meters, this grand event attracted 3,300 lighting suppliers to showcase their new technologies, new products, and new ideas. The three core highlights ̶̶̶ intelligent lighting experiences, low-carbon new energy, and cross-sector home furnishing ̶̶̶ demonstrated its strength in specialization, marketization, and internationalization.

210,000 visits gathering in the global event

The main venue attracted 84,149 professional visits from 140 countries and regions, the most in history, including 3,026 overseas visitors, representing a 31.03% increase from the spring fair in 2023. These figures testify to the increasing international influence and appeal of the GILF as well as the international competitiveness and market vitality of China's lighting industry.

The number of visits to the eight sub-venues totaled 130,000. As of the time of writing, the major shopping centers in Guzhen Town are still bustling with various activities.

Both live coverage and reports by major media outlets and online streaming platforms have shown great satisfaction from exhibitors and visitors, affirming the fulfillment of their commercial goals.

Contracts for projects worth over 1.5 billion yuan signed on site

The past 25 years have witnessed the mutual accomplishments and common growth of the GILF and Guzhen Town. During the opening ceremony of the 30^th GILF, contracts were signed for 21 projects with a total fixed assets investment of over 1.5 billion yuan, which are estimated to generate an annual output value of around 2 billion yuan, and drive the upstream and downstream sectors to achieve a total output value of 3 billion yuan.

According to the speech delivered by Secretary of the Guzhen Town Party Committee Xue Zhiguo, with manufacturing as the leading industry, the government of Guzhen will take action to help more manufacturing enterprises to settle in, return to, or establish new homes in the town, and empower the lighting industry with preferential policies for science and technology. The ever-expanding Guzhen Lighting Fair is expected to be a perfect platform for trade and information exchange in the lighting industry.

Covering the entire industrial chain with upgraded pattern and new experience

The main venue of the 30^th GILF at the Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center attracted 928 high-quality companies to showcase their products, new technologies, and new cross-sector cooperation. The exhibits cover the whole industrial chain, including smart lighting, decorative lighting fixtures, home lighting, commercial lighting, cultural tourism lighting, special-purpose lighting fixtures, mechanical equipment, and accessories. The huge crowds of participants presented a busy yet vibrant trading scene.

As a highlight of this upgraded fair, the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Brand Zone was enlarged by 86.8%, registering an 23.3% increase of exhibitors. The comprehensive Hall G which has been expanded to double its capacity connects to the existing Halls A, B, C, and F, ensuring a smoother flow of people.

Focusing on specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative enterprises with low-carbon and new smart products

Different from traditional single-function lights, exhibits of this fair form an intelligent, low-carbon, and cross-sector lighting ecosystem. Among them, the original lighting, smart lighting systems, intelligent supporting equipment, solar lighting products, photovoltaic energy storage lighting, cultural tourism lighting, and emergency lighting are most attractive, becoming highlights of the fair.

Major exhibitors displayed an extended range of refined products. For examples, the fire emergency lighting is equipped with intelligent fire emergency evacuation and fire alarm systems; more kinds of light strips are available: low-voltage, high-voltage, linear COB, and silicone flexible products; plant growing lamps are incorporated with smart systems to customize the growth spectrum for different periods of plant growth; and street lamps are integrated with the Internet of Things, wind and solar complementary systems, and AI-based monitoring technology, enabling them to be operational throughout the year.

Numerous “champion products” characterized by unique technologies and design concepts reflect a change of suppliers from an emphasis on providing a complete range of products to the focus on the manufacturing of specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative products to sharpen their core competitiveness.

In the section of mechanical equipment and supporting facilities, there are manufacturers that adopt advanced domestic technologies and application solutions. Their exhibits include laser cutting and mold inspection tools, high-speed chip mounters, non-standard automation equipment, etc., which have attracted a large number of professional buyers.

The exhibition testifies to the rise of specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative products, reflecting the trend of leading the industry with ace products and trustworthy brands.

Online and offline matrix of services available around the clock

The 30^th GILF has proven to be a paperless and smart fair. It provides a matrix of services around the clock through “denggle” (denggle.com and mini programs), involving information on exhibitors and exhibits, exhibition news, enterprise marketing, business matchmaking, online pre-registration, e-bulletin, business card exchanges, and online procurement.

What’s more, the hit program, the “EZTalk” livestreaming forum focused on the topics of “international trade layout,” “natural spectrum,” and “lighting health.” It adopted the Metaverse virtual exhibition hall for live broadcast for the first time to showcase the latest industry achievements.

A high-end gathering with a variety of activities 

A variety of activities were carried out at the main and sub-venues, including high-end meetings, sourcing and ordering, design week, and promotional activities. They attracted industry leaders, top entrepreneurs, and outstanding professionals to share their unique insights.

Two examples are the “Forum on Industrial Chain Innovation to Promote High-Quality Development of the Lighting Industry,” hosted by the China Association for Lighting Industry, and The “Shenzhen-Zhongshan Integration for Technological Innovation: 2024 Chinese Lighting Industry 3.0 Development Strategy & Greater Bay Area Lighting Innovation Technology Release Conference,” hosted by the Zhongshan Bureau of Commerce. They focused on innovations, digital manufacturing, and AI technologies in the lighting industry.

A series of commercial activities for sales and promotions were carried out in the eight sub-venues, attracting a large number of merchants, and creating a lively commercial atmosphere for the lighting capital. They include the spring ordering of new products at the Lihe Lighting Expo Center, the International Lighting Design Week & National Lighting Procurement Festival at the Huayi Plaza, the unique lighting expo at the Star Alliance Global Brand Lighting Center, the surprising promotional activity at the Lighting Era Center, the comprehensive sourcing festival at the Guyi Ruifeng International Lighting Fittings City and the Guyi Qingfeng LED Lighting Trading City, and a range of activities at the Guzhen Chang’an Lighting Parts & Electronic City and the Caosan International Lighting Parts City.

Integration of influential exhibition and cultural tourism

During this fair, the professionals and visitors were deeply impressed by the hospitality of the people in Guzhen. On the night of March 18, wonderful cultural and artistic activities were held in the Guzhen Ecological Wetland Park, including fireworks show, and national intangible cultural heritage items - Liufang Yunlong Dance, Lingnan Lion Dance, Lotus Loong, and Ribbon Loong. The 8,400 sets of fireworks, 1,900 special fireworks, and 1,220 high-altitude fireworks bloomed in the sky, creating spectacular scenes.

The Guzhen Lighting Fair has witnessed the glorious development course of the lighting industry in Guzhen as well as its successful transformation and upgrading. Looking to the future, it will always maintain its tradition while making innovations with infinite vitality.

The 31th GILF, scheduled for October 22-26, 2024, is highly anticipated to make new progress for a better future.

The 30^th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (hereinafter referred to as GILF) opened grandly on March 18^th at the Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China. At this main venue, a total of 928 enterprises vie with each other to display their smart, low-carbon, specialized, refined, original, or cross-sector products, highly praised by the guests. These products give full expression to the industrial trend – innovation, originality, and momentum.

Smart Star: Smart Series Winning Great Popularity

The maturing AI and IoT technologies have contributed to the advancement of indoor and outdoor lighting environments and lighting experience. This can be well evidenced by the crowded exhibition areas of smart systems, smart home lighting, smart landscape lighting, and smart lampposts.

For instance, an integrated solution for automatic fire alarm systems is showcased by the Guangdong Zuoxiang Technology Co., Ltd. in Hall A, together with intelligent fire emergency evacuation, flammable gas detection, and residential fire alarm systems.

A range of “UL” and “CE” certified products are exhibited by Shenzhen Zenyuan Technology Co., Ltd., a transnational high-tech company. Power supplies for fluorescent lamps, linear lamps, and panel lights are also displayed to demonstrate intelligent lighting scenarios.

The Encelium (Shenzhen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., an agent of international brands such as Osram and Philips, showcases the OT DEXAL G2 LED driver power supply that ensure bidirectional communication between the driver power supply and the lighting management system (LMS). A range of linear lamps featuring intelligent dimming and color adjustment are on display in the booth of the Zhongyuan Intelligent Lighting Co., Ltd.

Diverse application scenarios form a prominent feature of intelligent products. Zhongshan Qili Photoelectric Technology Co., Ltd. launched a hit product: an intelligent LED tube that requires no debugging and can be self-connected to the network, suitable for supermarkets and parking lots. In a special space created by Xinjie Intelligent Lighting Co., Ltd., visitors can learn how to use smart lighting in one minute.

Low-carbon Star: Commercialization of new energy storage technologies

Considering the implementation of the “carbon peaking and carbon neutrality” policy and the maturing application of battery energy storage technology, coupled with the integration of outdoor lighting with new energy, dozens of exhibitors showcase various popular products, including solar street lights, smart lamp posts, outdoor energy storage cabinets, portable power supplies, intelligent inverters, and energy storage systems. This marks the fruitful commercialization of new energy technologies in Guzhen.

The old exhibitor Guangdong Chuyi New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. attracts great attention by displaying a wide range of energy storage power supplies, outdoor mobile power boxes, inverters, and control systems. The exhibition of Huapai Lighting, Yaming Lighting, and Gaozhao Optoelectronics focuses on floodlights, courtyard lights, street lights, high bay lights, and high-power bulbs as well as solar photovoltaic technology.

The main exhibit of Zhongshan Niudi Optoelectronic Technology Co., Ltd. is an intelligent four-in-one energy storage system that meets the emergency power needs of households. Although it targets the export market, it has also attracted a large number of domestic buyers.

Road lighting products with integrated functions of lighting, charging, display, and monitoring are also modular combinations with new energy sources such as solar energy and lithium batteries.

The upgraded monocrystalline photovoltaic battery panel shown by Blue Carbon features more stable lithium iron phosphate batteries with a discharge depth of up to 95%. Exhibits of the Guangdong Queneng Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. boast multi-channel power supply and energy storage by using IoT and wind-solar complementary technologies.

Healthcare Star: Lighting design for better healthcare

Full-spectrum healthy lighting is a highlight of this fair since its application can be found in numerous scenarios including classroom, office, myopia prevention, fatigue alleviation, medical care, beauty salons, sports arenas, and rehabilitation centers.

Another highlight is an area of eye lamps shown by Denggle and Designer Alliance with five patents. The eye lamp is also a tool for intelligent distance measurement and posture correction.

The exhibits displayed by KENNEDE, a company with over 650 patents and 23 years of research experience in the field of healthy environments include double-A-rated desk lamps, bulbs, and mobile lighting products. GLOWS, a time-honored company, launched a series of products featuring high-quality and high-brightness natural light, with slogan “LED Positive Energy for Health.”

A series of full-spectrum healthy lighting beads are on display in the booth of LCLED, a company from Jiangmen. With a spectrum close to the visible spectrum of the sun (i.e., simulating natural light), the lighting has no glare, blue light, or flickering, with a high color rendering index of 98. In addition to various types of driver power supplies, the Shenzhen Huahang Power Supply Technology Co., Ltd. unveiled a heavyweight product: a full-spectrum light strip.

Specialized and refined star: Specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative products

To meet the increasingly personalized market demands, exhibitors display more specialized products like linear lights, explosion-proof lights, filament lamps, magnetic suction lamps, and projection lamps, which are more attractive to buyers.

Among a variety of linear lighting products exhibited by LMAN, the highlight is a 3D curved light strip, which solves the problems of bending in both vertical and horizontal directions.

Exhibition of the Guangdong Aiyu Lighting Co., Ltd. who has attended the fair for over ten consecutive years focuses on LED low-voltage, high-voltage, linear COB, and silicone flexible light strips, as well as custom-made full-spectrum light strips for outdoor landscape lighting, star-rated hotels, and luxury villas.

A special exhibitor in Hall A is the Lightel Technologies Inc., showcasing a single product in its big booth. It is lightweight intelligent 9-color temperature dimming and color-adjustable COB flip-chip, highlighting its expertise in research and development. The Guangdong Jingsheng Lighting Co., Ltd. displays high-power bulbs, ceiling lights, and floodlights with “one-to-one certificate for energy efficiency,” mainly used for factory lighting.

What’s more, the filament lamps and light guide columns shown by the Gongying Lighting Co., Ltd. outshine others with over 100 models and styles.

A dozen of patented products were launched by the Guangdong Zhongfang Zhongke Explosion-proof Technology Co., Ltd., a explosion-proof lights and high bay lights manufacturer, mainly used in various hazardous environments with higher efficiency, safety, and energy conservation.

The 30^th GILF will conclude on March 21. It is showing more than meets the eye. More buyers and visitors are welcome to this grand event of the lighting industry.

The 30th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (hereinafter referred to as GILF), a four-day event, opened grandly on March 18th at the Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, China. Gathering high-quality brands and attracting global buyers, the fair is a major procurement event for the spring season.

Since its inception as a roadside exhibition in 1999, the GILF has undergone significant transformations. In 2013, it moved to a new exhibition hall, and adopted the “Exhibition-Megastore Linkage” model. In 2016, it expanded to have both online and offline platforms. Now, it practices the concept of green exhibitions and optimizes traffic circulation. Over the past 25 years, the number of exhibitors has grown from 200 to 3,300, and the exhibition area has expanded from 28,000 square meters to 1.5 million square meters. Each upgrade not only enhances its overflow effect but also demonstrates the transformation of the lighting industry, injecting strong momentum into the high-quality economic and social development of Guzhen and Zhongshan.

The 30th GILF, themed “Guzhen Lights up the World,” aims to embrace the “new,” and connect with the global industries. With a focus on specialization, marketization, and internationalization, the fair spares no effort to build an exhibition and trade bridge that combines exhibition and megastores as well as offline and online platforms in the whole industrial chain. The main venue, Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, is joined by eight sub-venues, including Lihe Lighting Expo Center, Huayi Plaza, Star Alliance Global Brand Lighting Center, Lighting Era Center, Guzhen Chang’an Lighting Parts & Electronic City, Caosan International Lighting Parts City, Guyi Ruifeng International Lighting Fittings City, and Guyi Qingfeng LED Lighting Trading City, forming a “1+8+N” structure. It is a great platform to showcase new technologies of the industry, new exhibition and trade experience, and new cross-sector cooperation.

Spectacular opening ceremony to help extend, supplement, and strengthen the industrial chain

Ms. Liu Shengping, executive director of the China Association of Lighting Industry, stated at the opening ceremony: “After 25 years of rapid development, the professional and commercial GILF has gained recognition of the industry and good reputation in the whole society. As China becomes the global center for lighting manufacturing and supply chains, the influence of “Guzhen Lighting” in the international market continues to expand.”

Mr. Ouyang Jinquan, deputy mayor of Zhongshan City, also made a speech at the opening ceremony: “With the upcoming opening of the Shenzhen-Zhongshan Link, Zhongshan is making great efforts to integrate into the development of the Greater Bay Area, and build a provincial-level reform and innovation experimental zone to reach new heights. Adhering to the principle of taking real economy as the foundation and manufacturing as the leading industry, Zhongshan tries to promote the development of traditional industries, emerging industries, and future industries simultaneously. Much work has been done to cultivate new quality productive forces, and five major actions have been taken to promote “big industries, big platforms, big projects, big enterprises, and big environment.” Moreover, “ten major fleets” of the new era are being built, including the lighting fleet. By empowering lighting and other industries with new technologies, new business models, and new formats, Zhongshan tries to foster and expand the national and provincial foreign trade transformation bases such as the Guzhen lighting base. A three-year action plan will also be implemented to improve the quality of industrial products, together with ten measures focusing on strict quality control and enhancement to comprehensively improve the quality of key industrial products such as lighting fixtures. The ultimate purpose is to promote the transformation of Zhongshan’s manufacturing industry towards “precision manufacturing,” make Guzhen Lighting and Zhongshan Lighting synonymous with high quality, and help more Zhongshan brands to go global.”

Mr. Xue Zhiguo, secretary of the Guzhen Town Party Committee, said: “Looking forward to the future, Guzhen will always maintain its tradition while making innovations. In regard to tradition, it will maintain the dominant position of lighting industry, extending, supplementing and strengthening the industrial chain. Holding on to the dream of “Guzhen Lights up the World,” we remain true to our original aspiration of hosting specialized, commercial, and international lighting fair. In terms of innovation, Guzhen will keep making innovations and progress in a pioneering spirit. Great efforts will be made to build lighting industry center, trade center, design center, information center, and technology center, to turn Guzhen into a world-class capital of lights. With manufacturing as the leading industry, we help more manufacturing enterprises to settle in, return to, or establish new homes in Guzhen. The rapid intellectual property protection center, the pilot market procurement and trade unit, and other national policies will be leveraged to empower the lighting industry with science and technology. The ever-expanding Guzhen Lighting Fair will become a perfect platform for trade and information exchange in the lighting industry.”

Then, various ceremonies were staged at the opening ceremony, including the “Signing Ceremony of Investment Projects under the Guzhen Plan on Settlement of Enterprises with An Annual Output Value of Over 100 Million Yuan,” “Signing Ceremony of Projects Intended for the Guzhen Plan on Settlement of Enterprises with An Annual Output Value of Over 100 Million Yuan (second batch),” and “Signing Ceremony of Intended Projects for Modern Service Industry in Guzhen.”

Representatives from the China Association of Lighting Industry, brand strategists, major domestic and international buyers, large-scale lighting markets, leading enterprises, and mainstream media witnessed the grand opening ceremony.

A new layout adopted to build an international trade bridge

At nine o’clock in the morning, a stream of attendees entered the main venue by scanning their ID cards or using facial recognition efficiently. Inside the crowded exhibition halls, people moved between booths, searching for products or engaging in negotiations.

Many visitors also stopped at the spots featuring “Brilliant Milestone,” “Lighting Era - Wall of Historical Moments,” and “Loong-shaped Lighting Design” to take photos.

The upgraded main venue attracts 928 high-quality companies to showcase their products in the whole industrial chain. The exhibits include smart lighting, decorative lighting fixtures, home lighting, commercial lighting, cultural tourism lighting, special-purpose lighting fixtures, mechanical equipment, and accessories. The comprehensive Hall G which has been expanded to double its capacity connects with the connects to the existing Halls A, B, C, and F, ensuring a smoother flow of people. This helps small and medium-sized enterprises overcome growth barriers, and promote diversified and high-quality development of the industry.

To adapt to the overall trend of integrated development of Shenzhen and Zhongshan as well as the maturing mode of “lighting research and development in Shenzhen and manufacturing in Zhongshan,” a Shenzhen-Zhongshan Brand Zone is established in Hall A. Compared to the 29th fair, the area has increased by 86.8%, and the number of participating companies has risen by 23.3%. This provides more opportunities for new cooperation models such as “headquarters in Shenzhen + manufacturing in Zhongshan,” “led by Shenzhen + supported by Zhongshan,” and “research and development in Shenzhen + commercialization in Zhongshan.”

Focusing on AI Application and specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative enterprises

Following the trend of maturing application of the Internet of Things and AI technology, this fair focuses on three major fields: intelligent technology, green and low-carbon energy, and cross-sector integration.

The technological advantages of smart lighting technology in various fields such as home decoration, office application, landscape, education, and healthcare are demonstrated in the main venue in combination with chip development, driver design, system integration, data platforms, and other means.

There is a significant increase in the exhibitors and products featuring low-carbon, cross-sector, and new energy lighting applications. In particular, frontier products for landscape lighting and outdoor tourism, and energy storage batteries are great attractions to buyers.

The emphasis on specialized, refined, differentiated, and innovative enterprises is also a major feature of this fair. “Champion products” can be seen everywhere, and major exhibitors pay more attention to innovation in design, craftsmanship, and functionality, especially original products.

A gathering of great minds with multi-dimensional forums enlightening the future of the industry

The high-end conferences held at the main venue bring together industry leaders, sales experts, and research scholars to discuss new trends, technologies, and paths for industry development.

The “Forum on Industrial Chain Innovation to Promote High-Quality Development of the Lighting Industry,” hosted by the China Association for Lighting Industry, centers around hot topics such as innovation, rights protection, and digitization in the lighting industry, with many wonderful speeches. The “Shenzhen-Zhongshan Integration for Technological Innovation: 2024 Chinese Lighting Industry 3.0 Development Strategy & Greater Bay Area Lighting Innovation Technology Release Conference,” hosted by the Zhongshan Bureau of Commerce, gives a comprehensive exposition of the cutting-edge technologies and trends in smart manufacturing, digitization, and AI application.

The hit program, the “EZTalk” livestreaming forum focuses on keywords such as “international trade layout,” “natural spectrum,” and “lighting health.” It adopts the Metaverse virtual exhibition hall for live broadcast for the first time to showcase the latest industry achievements.

Appreciating the new chapter of lighting art

The policy of “a more specialized main venue and more high-end sub-venues” is better interpreted at the 30th Lighting Fair. Activities such as “Ordering Events,” “Design Week,” and “Sourcing Festival” make a stunning debut, allowing visitors to enjoy new products and promotions that integrate cross-sector functions.

A series of commercial activities for sales and promotions are carried out in the eight sub-venues mentioned above, attracting a large number of merchants, and creating a lively commercial atmosphere for the lighting capital.

Visitors watch the exhibition during the day, and enjoy the lights at night. On the night of the opening ceremony, impressive cultural and artistic activities were held in the Guzhen Ecological Wetland Park, including fireworks show, and national intangible cultural heritage items - Liufang Yunlong Dance, Lingnan Lion Dance, Lotus Loong, and Ribbon Loong.

In addition, cultural resources from the city, town, and villages are also integrated to promote consumption, and enrich the travel experience of visitors through a range of activities.

The Guzhen Lighting Fair has witnessed the rise of the lighting industry of the town, forming a multi-dimensional industrial ecosystem. Looking to the future, it will continue to link with global resources and merchants to showcase cutting-edge technologies and achieve win-win results in innovation and trade, as a model in integration of industry, technology, culture, and tourism.

Since its first edition in 1999, China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (GILF) has evolved from a modest roadside exhibition to a specialized, market-oriented, and international renowned trade fair across the globe. Going through a glorious course of 25 years, the 30th GILF will take place grandly in Guzhen Town, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province from March 18 to 21, 2024. As a large-scale one-stop purchasing platform, the lighting tradeshow will span 9 venues and gather over 3,300 high-quality exhibitors with an exhibition area of 1.5 million sqm.

A Trade Show to Infuse New Vigor to Industrial Development

The Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, as the main venue of the 30th GILF, has been upgraded and expanded. The newly renovated and expanded Hall G now connects to the existing Halls A, B, C, and F, realizing integrated layout among all exhibition halls. Visitors will get access to more exhibits in a shorter time so that their exploration of the innovative products and trends of the lighting industry will be more efficient.

The GILF will set up special exhibition areas for smart home lighting, commercial lighting, special-purpose lighting, and other categories to meet the market demands for products in specific fields. Besides, it will further expand the space for brands from Shenzhen and Zhongshan to provide a platform for high-quality enterprises in Shenzhen and Zhongshan to display original designs and high-tech products and offer richer choices and inspirations to professionals.

“The GILF has evolved from a triennial, biennial and annual exhibition to the current event held twice a year, reflecting its importance for lighting suppliers and great appeal to upstream and downstream manufacturers in the industrial chain as well as domestic and foreign buyers. It not only plays a demonstration role in promoting industrial development, but also guides its development direction and helps address potential demands in relevant fields.” Liu Shengping, Executive Director of China Association of Lighting Industry, said.

The main venue will welcome about 900 exhibitors, which will display their innovative achievements in diverse categories and fields. From the hit products to be exhibited by some lighting suppliers, it can be seen the exhibits will be characterized with highlights such as technological innovation, intelligent enhancement, original patents, single product scale, and innovation models.

As Ruan Zhili, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Mayor of Guzhen Town, said, “After thirty years of striving, the GILF will build a platform for showcasing innovative achievements in the industry on the new journey. It will stimulate the innovation vitality of enterprises and inject new power into technological progress and product upgrading.”

Exhibitors Focus More on Innovation by Strengthening Technological Differentiation and Product Mix Development

As LED products of various categories speed up innovation, businesses with strong R&D capacity are competing to stand out through technological differentiation and product matrix development.

For example, Foshan HongXiang Plastic Film Technology Co., Ltd., a company specialized in commercial lighting and DOB light drivers, have made new breakthroughs in the temperature control technology of its products to be exhibited at this fair. This can help avoid excess temperature as the ambient temperature and shell temperature rise and the power decreases. Zhongshan Hongxinsheng Electronics Co., Ltd., founded in 2011, will exhibit its latest product matrix consisting of switching power supply, constant current drivers, DOB light source board, outdoor waterproof power supply, and other products. Besides, it will provide clients with high-quality lighting electronic comprehensive solutions.

As the gradual maturing of technologies such as intelligent Internet of Things and automatic lighting experience has caused tremendous changes to the industry, exhibitors that have seized the right opportunities are also ready for displaying their achievements at the fair. Through means such as chip implantation, driver replacement, and bluetooth, voice and apps control, traditional lighting is upgraded to cloud intelligent lighting, adding a refreshing sense to the international purchasing platform in this spring.

Encelium (Shenzhen) Intelligent Technology Co., Ltd., an agent of international brands such as Osram, Philips, and Cree, will exhibit the OT DEXAL G2 LED driver power supply. It contains a D4i digital interface and ensures bidirectional communication between the driver power supply and the lighting management system (LMS), thereby enabling lamp manufacturers to develop intelligent and efficient lighting solutions.

Guangdong Jingsheng Lighting Co., Ltd., which relocated its headquarters to Guzhen Town in 2018, has been committed to manufacturing street lamps, industrial and mining lamps, high-power bulbs, floodlights, and other similar products. At this fair, it will exhibit its independently developed intelligent outdoor lighting for factories. The exhibits of Zhongshan Saima Lighting Technology Co., Ltd., a company specialized in fire emergency lighting, are also very special as they are able to offer optimal escape path guidance based on human-simulated intelligent algorithms and neural network algorithms. With this technology, the intelligent fire emergency sign lights can indicate the escape direction, thus realizing intelligent evacuation.

The GILF has been sparing no effort in guiding original design. A station of the Zhongshan Lighting Intellectual Property Rights Protection Center will be set up at the fair in order to promote the transformation and upgrading of the lighting industry from “selling products” to “selling ideas and design”.

Zhongshan Cixin Lighting Co., Ltd., having received over 100 patents, will showcase a series of creative desk lamps, including the Ferris Wheel Lamp with Music Fragrance, the Paris Eiffel Tower Lamp, and the Guangzhou Small Waist Lamp. Shenzhen Winext Technology Co., Ltd, another exhibitor, also owns intellectual property of over 150 digital management application products and has applied for more than 30 invention patents, suggesting the superior quality of its exhibits at the fair.

Among other exhibitors, Shenzhen Luban Daojia Technology Co., Ltd. is a one-stop innovative platform that offers comprehensive services of intra-city distribution, installation and maintenance for auxiliary products in the Internet plus era; Zhongshan Guangxiangbiao Electric Co., Ltd. focuses on exerting the scale effect of individual products and provides full-range cost-effective products; Zhongshan Wanjing Lighting Technology Co., Ltd. is capable of producing 300,000 units of single products on a daily basis; Shenzhen Aikela Intelligent Lighting Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. and Shenzhen Nanyangdi Landscape Engineering Co., Ltd. supply both high-quality outdoor lighting products and planning and design services for urban environment and architecture nightscape lighting.

Gather innovation momentum in industry to spur high-quality industrial development. As the 30th GILF is about to open grandly, it will share with the global community industrial development achievements by displaying new brands, new technologies, new models and new trends in the lighting field.

Looking back at 2023, the 28th and 29th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair (GILF) attracted a total of 550,000 visitors during the spring and autumn editions, and displayed new technologies, new products, new ideas and new trends in the lighting field. From March 18 to 21, 2024, the 30th GILF will take place grandly in 9 major venues, aiming to create a lighting spectacle with over 3,300 high-quality exhibitors, roughly 100,000 new products and 1.5 million sqm of exhibition space.

The GILF has gone through a glorious course of 25 years since the roadside exhibition in 1999. With the industrial transformation from traditional lighting to LED lighting, the GILF has evolved from a triennial, biennial and annual exhibition to the current event held in spring and autumn based on the distinctive mode featuring front exhibition+back factory, exhibition-megastore linkage, and online+offline exhibition, building an exhibition and trade platform for the entire industry chain.

The scale of the exhibition and the number of exhibitors reach a new height. Although there was only a temporary exhibition hall built on the roadside when the GILF was firstly held, the event gathered 200 local exhibitors and attracted vast visitors from surrounding villages and towns. Since then, the GILF has embarked on a journey of rapid development. The 2nd to 11th editions of the GILF were all held in Guzhen Lighting Square with an exhibition area of 28,000 sqm, while the 12th edition started to be held at the Guzhen Exhibition & Convention Center with an exhibition area of 55,000 sqm. With subsequent joining of eight sub-venues, the GILF has become a mega-sized exhibition with over 3,300 high-quality exhibitors and 1.5 million sqm of exhibition space. The 16.5-fold increase in exhibitors and more than 50-fold increase in area reflect the solid progress of the exhibition.

The 30th GILF will open a new chapter. Based on the exhibition-megastore linkage mode, about 100,000 new products will be unveiled at the main venue, Guzhen Exhibition & Convention Center, and other 8 sub-venues, including Lihe Lighting Expo Center, Huayi Plaza, Star Alliance, Lighting Era Center, Chang'an Lighting Parts City, Caosan International Lighting Parts City, Guyi Ruifeng International Lighting Fittings City, and Guyi Qingfeng LED Lighting Trading City, to jointly create a one-stop sourcing platform to meet the full-category, precise and all-round purchasing needs of global buyers.

9 venues gathering 3,300 lighting suppliers

The number of buyers and satisfaction are increasing. Guzhen Town, China's Lighting Capital, has successfully opened the export market of its lighting products through the exhibition, achieving a significant transformation from “Introducing Guzhen to the World” to “Guzhen Lighting up the World”. As the influence and appeal of the GILF are increasing, from 2014 to the 29th edition, the number of domestic visitors has doubled, and the number of overseas visitors has quadrupled, attracting high-quality buyers from more than 130 countries and regions. Among them, nearly 60% of the visitors come from the Belt and Road countries and regions. Visitor satisfaction is up to 97%, and the elites, buyers, or designers in the industry can reap more business opportunities here.

The quality and category of exhibits are improved and diversified. With the development of traditional lighting, as well as the rise and popularization of LED technology in Guzhen Town, the GILF has advanced scenario-based development and diversified application of light. Participants can also learn about the history and trends of China's lighting industry during the fair, which has undergone a significant change from simple decorative lamp-based exhibits to high-quality original products from the whole industry chain.

The 30th GILF will continue to forge forward. This year's exhibition will gather exhibits in the fields of smart lighting, indoor decorative lighting, commercial lighting, industrial lighting, outdoor cultural tourism lighting, new energy storage, accessories & parts and mechanical equipment, highlight exhibits in the fields of intelligent transportation, cultural and tourist attractions construction, new energy storage, smart lighting, smart lighting solutions, and original design, and focus on the latest trend of the lighting industry such as "intelligence+lighting", "low carbon+lighting" and "innovation+lighting".

Online+offline exhibition mode optimizes event activities. The GILF has been promoting digital transformation since 2014 by performing paperless, intelligent and electronic management. In 2016, Guzhen Town and the GILF officially launched the B2B trading platform Denggle.com, which integrates a full range of exhibition services and products online and provided online+offline marketing and trade matchmaking services for the industry. As online+offline integration goes further, jiagle.com and GILF Mini Program were launched, and services including online pre-registration, electronic bulletin and purchasing guidance are available through computer, mobile and mini programs, in order to meet the needs of different users, and provide buyers and suppliers with 24/7 services and the latest exhibition and industry information without time and space limit.

The 30th GILF will embrace the era of digital transformation. It will further empower the exhibition with digital technology and upgrade the online system to provide richer services and more comprehensive display of products and industry information. “EZTalk” livestreaming forum will use real-time virtual technology at the exhibition site to integrate the frontier ideas of forum guests, thus to run the lighting forum in a metaverse virtual way and provide a new mode for industry communication.

In addition, a number of high-end forums and activities will be held concurrently to help participants understand industry needs and gain insights of practitioners, making the fair a high-quality and informative "feast of ideas". Various theme activities and sales promotions will also be launched in sub-venues in the form of buying season, trendy products show, art festivals, and live store visits.

Liu Shengping, executive director of the China Association of Lighting Industry, said: "The GILF has been held for 30 consecutive editions, and the changes in scale, exhibits and visitors have fully demonstrated the increasing vitality, influence and expected value of the fair.”

The 30th GILF will take place grandly from March 18 to 21, 2024 in Guzhen Town, China’s lighting capital, where you can “visit the fair during the day and appreciate lanterns at night”. You can also learn about the latest achievements in the lighting industry, experience the perfect integration of cutting-edge technology and artistic design, and witness the glorious history of the 30th GILF in this feast of light, shadow and innovation.