Analysis: New Developments in China's Green LED Lighting Development

Lighting products are necessary for the development of the national economy and people’s lives. With the development of the national economy and the improvement of people’s living standards, the demand for lighting products is increasing. According to a research report published by the International Energy Agency in 2006, 19% of all OECD countries and Europe and the United States developed countries use 19% of their electricity and 3% of their fuel for lighting consumption each year. China's lighting electricity consumption accounts for the total electricity consumption of the entire society. About 12%. As a cost-effective, significant-effective, technically feasible, and easy-to-operate energy-saving and emission-reduction measure, lighting energy-saving work has become an important task for countries to cope with energy supply shortages and achieve sustainable development. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, "Changing a light bulb and changing our thinking will change the world."

Our government has always attached great importance to lighting and electricity-saving work. With China's sustained and rapid economic development, green lighting as one of the sustainable development measures has always been the focus of energy conservation. China launched the green lighting project in 1996, the Medium- and Long-Term Energy Conservation Plan in 2004, the Eleventh Five-Year Plan Outline for National Economic and Social Development in 2005, and the Comprehensive Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction in the Twelfth Five-Year Plan in 2011. The work program will be included in the top ten energy-saving key projects. Since the launch of the green lighting project, the Chinese government has successively introduced a series of policies and measures to promote efficient lighting products and technologies and eliminate inefficient lighting products, such as energy efficiency standards, energy conservation certification, financial subsidies for promotion of efficient lighting products, government procurement, and efficient lighting. Product market supervision and inspection. These policies and measures have greatly promoted the enthusiasm of enterprises in the development and production of high-efficiency lighting products, greatly increased the output of high-efficiency lighting products, and promoted the market transition of lighting products. Since the implementation of the green lighting project, it has produced significant social, economic, and environmental benefits. According to calculations, China's implementation of green lighting projects during 1996-2005 accumulated electricity savings of 59 billion kwh, which is equivalent to reducing carbon dioxide (carbon meter) emissions 17 million tons, reducing sulfur dioxide emissions 530,000 tons. During the “Eleventh Five-Year Plan” period, through the implementation of the financial subsidy policy for high-efficiency lighting products, a total of 360 million energy-saving lamps with low mercury content were promoted, achieving annual electricity savings of 12.5 billion kwh, and the market price of energy-saving lamps was reduced by 40% compared with the promotion.

In recent years, energy and environmental issues have become more and more important for the international community. In order to fulfill the emission reduction targets promised by the "Kyoto Protocol," Australia and the European Union have taken the lead in proposing an initiative to phase out incandescent lamps, hoping to save energy through the lighting system and drive the global action to deal with climate change. Since Australia first announced the complete phase-out of incandescent lamps in the form of legislation in 2007, more than a dozen countries in the world have announced plans to phase out incandescent lamps, and the phase-out of incandescent lamps has become a consensus among countries in the world. At this point, a new round of green lighting action set off a climax, and accelerated elimination of inefficient lighting products, especially incandescent lamps, has become an important topic.

As a responsible big country, China has actively responded to major international actions to address climate change and achieve sustainable development. To this end, the National Development and Reform Commission organized and organized the “China's phase out of incandescent lamps and accelerated promotion of energy-saving lamps” projects. The preparation of the China Roadmap for Phase-out of Incandescent Lamps was initiated. The China National Institute of Standardization undertakes specific technical work. In September 2011, the National Development and Reform Commission publicly solicited the opinions of the whole society on China’s roadmap for phase-out of incandescent lamps, and then further improved the contents of the road map and submitted it to the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Commerce, the General Administration of Customs, and the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. The General Administration of Administration of China and the National Bureau of Quality Supervision and Administration of the People's Republic of China have signed and signed the plan for the official launch of the program in early November 2011.

According to preliminary understanding, the target products for this phase-out are general lighting incandescent lamps, which do not include reflective incandescent lamps and special-purpose incandescent lamps, such as incandescent lamps that are specially used for scientific research and medical treatment, train and ship aircraft, motor vehicles, and household appliances. The phase-out plan is divided into five steps:

Phase I: From October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012, it is a transitional period. The relevant importers and sellers should do a good job of preparatory work in accordance with the requirements of this bulletin.

Second stage: Starting from October 1, 2012, it is forbidden to import and sell incandescent lamps with general lighting of 100 watts or more.

The third stage: Starting from October 1, 2014, the import and sale of incandescent lamps with general lighting of 60 watts or more are prohibited.

Phase IV: From October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016 as the evaluation period, the preliminary policy will be evaluated and the follow-up policy will be adjusted.

Phase 5: Starting from October 1, 2016, it is forbidden to import and sell incandescent lamps with 15 W or more general lighting, or to adjust the results of the mid-term evaluation.

China's phase-out time for incandescent lamps is basically the same as that of the United States, Japan, and South Korea. The mid-term evaluation period is basically the same as that of the EU. The assessment period of the EU is carried out after the elimination of general purpose incandescent lamps. The evaluation period in China is carried out after the elimination of 60 watts and before 15-45 watts, which will enable China to eliminate incandescent lamps and adapt to changes in the actual situation. The adjustments to policies have led to a road map for eliminating incandescent lamps that is more in line with China’s actual conditions.

After the elimination of the incandescent lamp roadmap, administrative departments at all levels of development, reform, commerce, customs, industry and commerce, and quality inspection will strengthen the supervision over the import and sales of incandescent lamps for general lighting in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "Energy Conservation Law of the People's Republic of China" and other relevant regulations. Management, strictly investigate and punish violations of laws and regulations, and effectively guarantee the effectiveness of the implementation of policies.

Through the implementation of this roadmap, it is estimated that by 2016, China will reduce the use of incandescent bulbs by about 1 billion, involving an output value of about 900 million yuan and about 10,000 jobs; the new output value of high-efficiency lighting products replacing incandescent lamps will be about 9 billion. Yuan, about 25,000 jobs. Through the elimination of incandescent lamps, we will vigorously promote the development of an efficient lighting industry and achieve good energy-saving and emission-reduction effects. It is estimated that the output value of the lighting industry can be increased by 8 billion yuan and the annual energy-saving capacity of 48 billion kilowatt-hours, equivalent to an annual decrease of carbon dioxide emissions by 4800. Ten thousand tons.

The gradual phase-out of incandescent lamps is an important energy-saving and emission-reduction measure taken by the Chinese government at the time of fully implementing the scientific concept of development, accelerating the transformation of economic development methods, and setting sail into the new period of the “Twelfth Five-Year Plan”. Phase out the release of the incandescent lamp roadmap, clarified the important direction of China's lighting industry development and lighting energy-saving work, and represents a major progress in China's green lighting work. Since then, incandescent lamps will gradually withdraw from the historical stage. China's lighting industry will usher in faster and healthier development, and achieve major breakthroughs in energy-saving technological advancement, industrial restructuring, and overall improvement in energy efficiency.