18,000 merchants and invited guests in lighting industry both at home and abroad gathered in Guzhen yesterday, and witnessed the annually-held grand lighting fair.

The 8th China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair was opened yesterday. 18,000 merchants and invited guests in lighting industry both at home and abroad gathered in Guzhen yesterday, and witnessed the annually-held grand lighting fair.

Tang Bingquan, vice chairman of Guangdong Province Political Consultation Conference, Bu Zhengfa, president of China National Light Industry Association, Chen Genkai, Party secretary and chairman of Zhongshan Municipal People’s Congress Standing Committee, Li Qihong, mayor and deputy Party secretary of Zhongshan, and Chen Yansheng, chairman of China Association of Lighting Industry, etc. attended the opening ceremony.

As the reputable town of Zhongshan and the lighting capital of China, addressed Li Qihong in the opening ceremony, Guzhen boasts an annual lighting outcome of near 20 billion yuan which accounts for over 60% of the domestic lighting market share, and it is one of the biggest professional lighting markets in the world. With a 10-year history China (Guzhen) International Lighting Fair has gradually become a renowned event in lighting industry and a rival of Frankfurt and Hong Kong lighting fairs. The lighting products made in Guzhen have gone abroad, sold to over 130 countries and regions.

With 600 exhibitors and 2,156 booths, this year’s lighting fair has created a new record. The signing ceremony of economic, trade and sci-tech projects were also held at the opening ceremony. Purchase and sale contracts of 4.6 billion yuan and 2 billion yuan were signed by Guangdong International Lighting City with Changzhou Zouqu China Lighting Products City and Chengdu Jinfu Lighting Products City respectively; industry-university-research cooperation signing ceremony was held between Sun Yatsen University Industry Group and Guzhen Government; and industry-university-research cooperation signing ceremony was held between Zhongshan University-holding Enterprise and Zhongshan Huayi lighting Co., Ltd.

70%~80% of the buyers in the lighting fair are domestic merchants. In view of the current market changes and actual demands of enterprises, the organizing committing of this lighting fair has made adjustments so as to attract more domestically oriented enterprises as well as those shifting from overseas market to domestic market. According to the survey on distributors, a considerable part of the new buyers in this year’s lighting fair come from South America, Brazil, and Middle East.