Based in the West, Building Win-Win Together

At 10 a.m. on April 23, the Jinfu Lighting Business District in Chengdu was filled with the thunderous beating of drums and gongs and bustling crowds. The "2010 China Western International Lighting & Electrical Appliances Expo," hosted by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, the China Association of Lighting Industry, and the Sichuan Province Association of Lighting Industry, and organized by the Jinniu District People's Government of Chengdu, Jinfu Lighting City, Changjiu Lighting City, and Jinfu Lighting Plaza, opened today. Ma Xu, Deputy Secretary of the Jinniu District Committee and Head of Jinniu District, delivered the welcome address. Leaders of the Chengdu Municipal Government and the Secretary-General of the China Association of Lighting Industry offered sincere hopes and good wishes for the expo at the opening ceremony. Finally, Bu Zhengfa, Member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Vice Chairman of the CPPCC Proposals Committee, and President of the China National Light Industry Council, announced the official opening of the "2010 China Western International Lighting & Electrical Appliances Expo."

It is reported that this edition of the expo is the third held after the Jinfu Lighting Business District was established as the permanent venue for the "China Western International Lighting & Electrical Appliances Expo," and it is also another edition held after the Jinfu Lighting Business District was honored as the "No. 1 Lighting City of Western China." With the theme of "Energy Conservation, Environmental Protection, Development, and Win-Win," the expo aims to deepen Western opportunities, build a Western cooperation platform, achieve sustained win-win results for the industry, continue to implement the "Market + Expo" model, promote interaction in production, market, sales, and information within the lighting and electrical appliance industry, and build a broader exchange and cooperation platform for manufacturers nationwide. The number of visitors is expected to reach 50,000.

Hosted by the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, the China Association of Lighting Industry, and the provincial lighting association, this edition of the expo is the highest-level, strongest lineup, and most content-rich one to date, and has attracted great attention from government and industry leaders. Adhering to the purpose of being based in the West, deepening development, and promoting win-win results, the expo has created an exhibition model that integrates product display, product trading, trade negotiations, investment cooperation, information exchange, and special seminars. It is committed to promoting new industry standards, building two important platforms for exhibition trading and information exchange, and propelling the western lighting and electrical appliance industry to a higher level.

This expo closely follows the mainstream of energy conservation and environmental protection. During the event, the "China Western Semiconductor Lighting Energy-saving Summit Forum" and a training activity titled "Phasing Out Incandescent Bulbs and Promoting High-Efficiency New Concepts", hosted by the China Association of Lighting Industry and organized by LED Era Network, will be held to advance the energy-saving process, guide the industry's development direction, and create the most valuable and forward-looking summit forum in the 2010 lighting industry.

It is reported that this expo gathered hundreds of well-known manufacturers from across the country for visits, attracting over a dozen industry associations, chambers of commerce, and lighting city representatives totaling 400 attendees from the Zhongshan Ancient Town Chamber of Commerce, Guangdong-Sichuan Chamber of Commerce, Lighting Association, Changzhou Lighting Appliance Association of Jiangsu Province, Wenzhou Chamber of Commerce of the Zhongshan Federation of Industry and Commerce, Guangdong Lighting Appliance Association, and more. Architectural design units, architectural firms, decoration and renovation companies, construction installation companies, real estate developers, construction planning and municipal authorities, and related industry associations in the western region were invited to attend. More than a thousand secondary lighting distributors from various parts of Sichuan gathered at Jinfu to celebrate this grand event.

The 2010 China Western Semiconductor Lighting Energy-saving Summit Forum was grandly held on April 24 in the Jinniu Hall on the 8th floor of the California Garden Hotel in Chengdu. The event was jointly hosted by the China Association of Lighting Industry, Sichuan Provincial Lighting Appliance Association, Sichuan Provincial Interior Decoration Association, Sichuan Provincial Municipal Appearance Association, and the Southwest Building Electrical Engineering Design Information Network, with Chengdu Jinfu Lighting City as the organizer. At the same time, the forum received great attention and strong support from the Chengdu Municipal People's Government, Chengdu Jinniu District People's Government, Sichuan Provincial Economic and Information Committee, Sichuan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Sichuan Provincial Department of Science and Technology, China Southwest Architectural Design and Research Institute Co., Ltd., China Interior Decoration Association, China Association of Lighting Industry, and other relevant government departments.

As an important platform radiating energy-saving construction in the western region, the Western Lighting Energy-saving Summit Forum gathered renowned experts and lighting application enterprises from home and abroad, and attracted more than 400 related participants from construction units, design institutes, real estate developers, building construction enterprises, municipal engineering companies, decoration companies, and distributors in the western region to engage in exchanges.

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At the meeting, Yu Gui, Deputy Director-General of the Sichuan Provincial Department of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction, delivered congratulatory remarks and an important speech on behalf of relevant government departments, officially opening the forum. Subsequently, Professor Zhan Qingxuan of the School of Architecture at Tsinghua University and doctoral supervisor delivered an outstanding speech titled "Prospects for Low-Carbon Lighting." Hong Yuanyi, Honorary Chairman of the Building Electrical Branch of the Architectural Society of China, Consulting Chief Engineer of the Beijing Institute of Architectural Design, and Professor-level Senior Engineer, gave a detailed explanation on "Several Key Issues in Lighting Energy-Saving Design for Olympic Electrical Engineering." Sun Weiping, Deputy Director-General and Chief Engineer of the Chengdu Urban Lighting and Street Lamp Management Office, carefully analyzed the problems, scale, and timing of current outdoor semiconductor lighting applications. The Managing Director of Optiled (Shenzhen) Optoelectronics Co., Ltd. shared the practical application of Optiled LED lighting fixtures in the energy-saving renovation of Meeting Hall No. 1 of the Chengdu Municipal Government Office Building. Chen Zhixue, Chief Engineer of Wuxi Zhongke Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd., presented on LED lighting energy-saving and practical application cases. Dou Linping, Secretary-General of the China Association of Lighting Industry, comprehensively analyzed the current status and development trends of the LED lighting industry. Zhao Jian, Vice President of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, vividly and specifically explained the relationship between interior design and lighting energy saving. The brilliant speeches by the guest speakers drew rounds of applause from the audience.

It is understood that following the Wenchuan earthquake, the reconstruction of infrastructure in the Sichuan region will lead to large-scale market demand in related industries such as construction, municipal works, building materials, and decoration. As the lighting industry is a key sector for energy conservation and emissions reduction, the energy-saving lighting industry has enormous development potential. The development goal of Sichuan's construction industry is to strive to reach a total output value of approximately 280 billion yuan by 2010, ranking first in the central and western regions and entering the ranks of the country's strongest construction provinces. Following the launch of the "Ten Cities, Ten Thousand Lights" semiconductor lighting pilot project in 2009 and the introduction of preferential policies for the development of the semiconductor industry in Chengdu, combined with the demand for creating a world-class garden city landscape, this will inevitably bring about a larger wave of market demand.

On April 25, the training activity "Phasing Out Incandescent Bulbs and Promoting Efficient New Concepts," hosted by the China Association of Lighting Industry and organized by LED Times Network and Jinfu Lighting City, was grandly held in the Lighting City conference room. Leaders of the China Lighting Association and Jinfu Lighting City delivered speeches. At the same time, Professor Lu Shaoquan and expert Yan Xiaoming brought a rich knowledge feast to the broad community of dealers in Lighting City. The training received strong recognition from the numerous merchants in Lighting City, who actively participated in classroom interactions, with the two experts answering their questions.

This event received strong support from the following outstanding green lighting manufacturers: Nanjing Handerson, Jiangsu Siteco, GMY Lighting, Hangzhou Yuzhong Gaohong, Zhejiang Yankon, Xiamen Tongshida, Shanghai Yaming, Shenzhen Liangbaijia, Panasonic Electric Works, Shangyu Dadongnan Lighting, etc. The latest green lighting technologies they brought have added considerable brilliance to this training.

After the meeting concluded, numerous merchants actively signed the pledge titled "Phasing Out Incandescent Bulbs, Promoting Efficient Lighting," a joint initiative to resist the circulation of substandard lighting products in the market.