The 2nd Summit Forum on the Integration of Landscape Lighting Technology and Art

This forum aims to build a cross-border communication and interaction platform, form a joint force for technological innovation, empower the construction of smart cities and smart scenic spots, accelerate the integration of lighting technology with traditional culture, stage design, and musical arts, and lead the development of the night tourism economy. It is believed that this forum will play a promoting role in the healthy development direction of China's landscape lighting industry.

Zhu Xincun, Chairman of the China Association of Performing Arts Equipment Technology; Wen Qidong, Deputy Secretary-General of the China Association of Lighting Industry; Zeng Xiaolan, President of the Shenzhen Lighting and Display Engineering Industry Association; Lu Hua, President of the Hubei Lighting Electrical Appliance Association; and Nie Lianghong, Secretary-General of the Guangdong Lighting Electrical Appliance Industry Association, delivered speeches respectively. The conference attracted 156 practitioners from the landscape lighting and stage art industries across the country.

In his address, Zhu Xincun pointed out that the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee proposed accelerating the construction of a new development pattern with the domestic cycle as the mainstay and mutual promotion of domestic and international dual cycles, comprehensively promoting consumption, and expanding and driving the domestic demand market. The development of culture, sports, and tourism is a key driver of consumption, while audio-video system integration is a market hotspot promoting the development of culture, sports, and tourism. The China Association of Performing Arts Equipment Technology holds exhibitions in Shenzhen to adapt to market demands, extending to the front-end and application end, allowing designers to understand products. This High-Level Forum is also held to adapt to market changes and explore the path of cooperative development in the fields of performing arts and landscape lighting.

Wen Qidong, Deputy Secretary-General of CALI

Zeng Xiaolan, President of Shenzhen Lighting and Display Engineering Industry Association

Lu Hua, President of Hubei Lighting Electrical Appliances Association

This forum was moderated by Wang Qin, Secretary-General of the Landscape Lighting Professional Committee of the China Association of Lighting Industry.

Wang Qin, Secretary-General of the Landscape Lighting Professional Committee of the China Association of Lighting Industry

Following the opening ceremony of the forum, the launch ceremony of the 4th China Landscape Lighting Creative Design Competition was held. Director Xu Xiaorong introduced the history of the competition and the innovative model of this edition, while Zhang Shuai hosted the launch ceremony.

Xu Xiaorong, Director of the Landscape Lighting Professional Committee of the China Association of Lighting Industry

Zhang Shuai, Host of the Opening Ceremony of China Landscape Creativity

Launch Ceremony of the 2021 China Landscape Lighting Creative Design Competition

The leaders and guests present jointly launched the "2021 China Landscape Lighting Creative Design Competition". The organizers hope that more young and outstanding designers will actively participate, unleash their creativity, jointly explore the development of lighting design, and create premium projects. After the guests' speeches and the launch ceremony of the 2021 China Landscape Lighting Creative Design Competition, the forum featured keynote speeches and thematic presentations.

Senior Engineer Wu Chunhai, Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Lighting Environment Management Center, delivered remarks for the professional forum; Senior Lighting Designer Li Fang, Deputy Director of the Landscape Lighting Professional Committee of the China Association of Lighting Industry (CALI), moderated the forum speeches.

Wu Chunhai, Deputy Director of the Shenzhen Lighting Environment Management Center

Li Fang, Deputy Director of the Landscape Lighting Professional Committee of the China Association of Lighting Industry (CALI)

The forum also invited industry experts to deliver speeches, explaining the importance of the integrated development of technology and art from different perspectives.

Liu Wenhao, Vice President of the Chinese Society of Stage Art and a renowned lighting design expert, shared his insights on "Artistic Lighting Integrated into the City" from five aspects: the night-time economy, urban lighting, artistic lighting, the integration of the night-time economy with artistic lighting, and what urban artistic lighting should be in the new era. He believes that today's urban lighting will create new urban artistic lighting by utilizing light color, patterns, beam shapes, as well as "building facade screenization" and "urban light and shadow shows" based on the characteristics of the city and its buildings, adding a beautiful scenery to the city. He used the lighting design of "Great Tang All Day Mall" as an example to illustrate this. The "Great Tang All Day Mall" is fully integrated with the architecture of the entire block. While ensuring that the architectural style of the block is not damaged, it achieves maximum display effect. On one hand, it is hidden on the buildings in the central area; on the other hand, it is installed on the street light poles throughout the block. Moreover, the colors of the luminaires are customized to match the color of the street light poles, making visitors unaware of the presence of the luminaires. He believes that urban artistic lighting, which integrates lighting, technology, music, and creativity, has gone beyond merely illuminating the city and decorating it within temporal and spatial limits. It has become a tool for shaping the city's spirit and condensing its temperament, as well as an output of values; it is no longer about expressing fashion or conveying trends, but rather "I am fashion, I am the trend." Regarding what urban artistic lighting should be in the new era, he summarized it as: safeguarding the soul of the city and protecting its pulse; telling the city's stories, showcasing its legends, inheriting its history, and innovating its culture.

Mu Huaixun, a researcher at the Chinese National Academy of Arts, delivered a keynote speech on "Cultural Tourism Creativity and Effect Presentation". He explained that the key to creating cultural tourism projects is to achieve the integration of tradition and technology under the guidance of cultural innovation concepts. The core of cultural creativity is the inheritance of cultural heritage; "creativity" must be unique, original, and meaningful. Because it is closely combined with art, it will inevitably provide aesthetic enjoyment in terms of sensory experience. The creativity of cultural tourism projects should first explore their characteristics and cultural background, determine their nature and needs, strive to achieve historical authenticity while unifying fun, knowledge, and artistry, and be closer to people's daily lives. It is necessary to excavate unique regional cultures and features, and have attractive and shocking "creative concepts". The creative concept referred to here is a distinctive positioning and attraction derived from in-depth excavation, digging into the natural and human resources of scenic spots, finding out the cultural context and characteristics of scenic spots, and forming differentiated competition. He emphasized that lighting design should first respect nature and value "functionality and practicality"; the quality of equipment determines usage efficiency; technical indicators and parameters include the color temperature distribution of light sources and the matching of light with the environment. The key is to reflect the relationship of respecting "nature and integration"; there must be uniqueness, and the overall intuitive beauty of the design is the cultural symbol of the project, thereby injecting new thinking, creating new gameplay, establishing confidence, and enhancing credibility and pride in local culture for traditional cultural IPs.

In his keynote speech titled "Application of Sound, Light, Water, and Video in Large-Scale Cultural Tourism Projects," Xu Xiaorong stated that we are living in a good era. Landscape lighting has shifted from mere illumination to scene creation, achieved through technical means such as sound, light, water, video, and mechanics.

Xu Xiaorong "Application of Sound, Light, Water, and Video in Large-Scale Cultural Tourism Projects"

In his keynote speech titled "IP and the Development of Characteristic Night Tourism Economy," Liu Tianying, Beijing Director of Shandong Tsinghua Kangli Urban Lighting Research and Design Institute Co., Ltd., explained what IP is, what kind of IP cultural tourism night tours require, the development stages of nightscape lighting, and predicted that the future direction of nightscape lighting will be differentiation, personalization, humanization, and culturalization. He also stated that the development needs of nightscape lighting require in-depth cooperation between the performing arts and landscape lighting sectors.

Wu Bin, Dean of the Design Institute at Shenzhen Mingjiahui Technology Co., Ltd., presented his views in the speech "A Brief Analysis of Night (Culture & Economy)", stating that light can generate economic value and serves as a medium for cultural dissemination. Taking the landscape lighting design of the "Dream of the Red Chamber Cultural Park" as an example, he analyzed how to present it through concept deduction, cultural definition, and light color planning. Finally, he shared insights on collaborating with clients and planning night tours.

In the final session of the forum, representatives from relevant institutions and enterprises expressed their views, discussing experiences and insights in night tour economy and landscape lighting practice, and envisioning future development prospects.

Additionally, Zhang Zhiqiang, Head of Lighting at Xinjiang Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd.; Zhou Yu, Chairman of Hangzhou West Lake Fountain Equipment Complete Set Co., Ltd.; Zhang Cong, Researcher at the Institute of Geographic Sciences, Hebei Academy of Sciences; Peng Huiling, Deputy General Manager of Guangdong Hongyu Lighting Engineering Construction Co., Ltd.; Wang Hongxia, Chairman of Sirius Energy Technology Co., Ltd.; Li Shihua, General Manager of Hainan Lianchuang Jianhe Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; Yang Rong, Deputy General Manager of Shangzhu International Lighting Design (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Yu Jinshou, Chairman of Qingdao Jinghui Urban Lighting Design Institute Co., Ltd.; Wang Xianmin, Chairman of Shandong Guanghui Holdings Co., Ltd.; Cai Qidong, General Manager of Fujian Qisheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.; Jiao Shengjun, Director of the Lighting Application Center at Qilu University of Technology; and Ai Yuanping, Chairman of Guangzhou Desheng Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., shared their views on the theme "Empowering Smart City Construction · Leading the Development of Night Tour Economy," analyzing new challenges facing the lighting industry under the new situation and exploring new models for its development.

Zhang Zhiqiang, Head of Lighting at Xinjiang Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd.

The conference was rich in content, with active audience interaction, and all attendees expressed that they benefited greatly. This forum was a complete success.