Looking at the Future Development of the Lighting Industry from the Guangya Exhibition

On June 9th, the 29th Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (Guangya Exhibition) was held as scheduled at the exhibition hall of the China Import and Export Fair. The scale of this exhibition is known as the largest in history, with an exhibition area of 260000 square meters, covering 26 exhibition halls, including 3383 exhibitors from 20 countries and regions around the world. Against the backdrop of transformation, upgrading, and integrated innovation in the current lighting industry, this year's Guangya Exhibition focuses on the theme of "Light+Era, Achieving Infinite Light". It has set up seven themed exhibition areas and supporting forum activities: Light Intelligence, Light Health, Light Life Aesthetics, Light Agriculture, Light Display, Light Art, and Light Low Carbon. In this exhibition, people can see various novel and creative lighting products and technologies. With the development of society and the increasing demand for lighting, the lighting industry is also constantly iterating and innovating.

At this exhibition, business and tourism gathered at the scene, and the trade atmosphere was very strong. Among the many innovative lighting products and solutions, we found that as we predicted, low-carbon, intelligent, and healthy are the major trends in the development of the lighting industry. This Guangya Exhibition also fully reflects this. Intelligent lighting is overwhelming, with healthy lighting shining throughout the venue. Energy conservation and environmental protection are integrated into many products, showcasing the vibrant vitality of the lighting industry. Therefore, through the Guangya Exhibition, we can glimpse the future development direction of the lighting industry.

At present, China's economic and social development has entered a high-quality development stage of accelerating green, low-carbon, and healthy development. One of the government's tasks in 2024 is to strengthen the construction of ecological civilization and promote green and low-carbon development. The comprehensive construction of a beautiful and healthy China requires the deep participation of the entire society.

Firstly, low-carbon is an important issue related to sustainable development and environmental protection for the lighting industry. With the increasing global energy shortage and environmental pollution, low-carbon lighting technology has gradually become the focus of industry attention. At present, LED technology has been widely used as an efficient and energy-saving lighting solution. LED lighting has advantages such as high energy efficiency, long lifespan, and mercury free. Compared to traditional incandescent and fluorescent lamps, it can save a lot of energy and reduce energy consumption. In the future, it is expected that LED technology will continue to make further breakthroughs, become more popular and mature in the lighting industry. In addition, new optoelectronic materials and intelligent control technologies have also provided new possibilities for energy efficiency improvement in the lighting industry. Through continuous innovation and application of new technologies, the lighting industry will play a more important role in energy conservation and achieve more sustainable development.

Secondly, the intelligence of lighting has been unanimously recognized by the industry, and this Guangya Exhibition fully reflects this. Intelligence occupies half of the exhibition hall, and compared with traditional lighting, intelligent lighting systems have several major characteristics such as automation, scene based, voice control, and APP control. Under the background of AIoT, intelligent lighting has ushered in new growth opportunities. Through voice interaction commands or APP control, the lighting brightness, color, and color temperature can be adjusted, and the brightness can be automatically adjusted according to changes in the sky. However, currently intelligent lighting is still showing a trend of "hot on the industry end and cold on the application end". Currently, intelligence is not a "hard need", but it is a "demand" in the current situation.

However, we also know that the essence of lighting is "light", and its foundation is "light source". Intelligent lighting changes the way light sources are controlled. This makes the presentation of lighting more diverse and colorful, adding to the functionality of lighting fixtures. How to reverse this situation? It seems that we should give more excitement and value to the word "intelligence" in lighting, such as "health".

The Healthy China strategy focuses on the construction of a healthy living environment, lifestyle, and service system. The health industry has a blue ocean market of 16 trillion yuan, and the lighting industry has shown broad prospects in improving light health and studying the impact of light on human physiological functions. Under the empowerment of intelligent technology, light solves the problem of light control, including adjusting the light according to human actions, emotions, and scenes, so that the "most suitable light appears at the most appropriate time"! However, people's demands for lighting also aim to bring comfort, safety, and health, which requires the protection and implementation of light health technology. Sunlight is the healthiest light, and intelligent control of lighting can simulate the rise and fall of sunlight, simulate the energy and nutrition of sunlight at different time periods, simulate the different components of sunlight on different human bodies, and simulate the prevention and treatment of human diseases using sunlight. All of these require the implementation of light health technology. Therefore, intelligent light is actually a tool, a means, and its ultimate goal is to bring people safer, more effective, and healthier light on the basis of low-carbon environmental protection, which is beneficial to the physiological and psychological health of the human body.

The lighting industry has fully entered the era dominated by LED light sources, and the characteristics of LED light sources have been increasingly discovered by industry professionals, presenting a diverse development style for the lighting industry. Currently, the fresh and healthy air, water pollution, and environmental protection of furniture are all highly valued by the Chinese people, but the intelligent health issues of lighting and lighting are still being ignored by society! In fact, unhealthy light has deeply affected the physical and mental health of Chinese people. Firstly, myopia has become a national disease in China, affecting population quality and national security. The total number of people with myopia in our country is nearly 500 million, of which 60-70% of teenagers are myopic patients! Secondly, according to previous surveys by the World Health Organization, there are approximately 350 million people worldwide suffering from depression, and approximately 95 million people in China suffer from depression. The situation is not optimistic! Thirdly, according to professional health big data, 70% of Chinese people are at risk of death from overwork, 76% of white-collar workers are in sub health, 20% of Chinese people suffer from chronic diseases, and 22% of middle-aged deaths are caused by cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. These health problems are closely related to the decline of the human immune system!

The innovation of photonegative ion technology combines "light element" and "negative ion element", with four major functions: health light, air purification, sterilization and disinfection, and forest oxygen bar. Photohealth is an industry, and photonegative ion technology perfectly combines photointelligence with photohealth. Photonegative ion is a major innovative advanced technology in this industry. There is still much room for further upgrading and improvement in photonegative ion technology.

Guangya Exhibition is an important platform in the lighting industry, showcasing the latest lighting technologies and products to reveal the future development direction of the lighting industry. In terms of low-carbon, the lighting industry needs to focus on developing more efficient energy-saving lighting technologies to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Intelligent lighting has become a new favorite in the lighting industry. Through the application of intelligent control systems, lighting can be simplified and convenient, and energy utilization efficiency can be improved. As an emerging field, light health can have a positive impact on the biological rhythm of the human body and improve people's quality of life by adjusting spectra, brightness, and color temperature. The future of the lighting industry will inevitably develop towards low-carbon energy conservation, intelligent lighting, and healthy lighting. Whether it is light energy conservation or intelligent lighting, the ultimate goal is to achieve light health, which is the rigid demand of humans! Light health not only brings people lighting and lighting, but also brings people healthy physiology and psychology, which is an inevitable path for the development and upgrading of the lighting industry! It is necessary for lighting professionals to calmly think together, or continuously cultivate and innovate in specific fields; Or dare to cross border cooperation and create a new market beyond lighting!