Efficient Lighting Industry 2013 Bidding Starts

High-efficiency Lighting Industry 2013 Annual Bidding Promotion LED New Lighting Reporter learned from the National Development and Reform Commission yesterday that in order to develop green lighting, the 2013 financial subsidies to promote efficient lighting products (energy-saving lamps) were launched. The tender focused on promoting low-mercury products and required companies to implement clean production. Industry insiders believe that the emphasis on cleaner production helps leading companies win bids.

The bidding was jointly entrusted by the Department of Economic Development of the Ministry of Finance and the Department of Resource Conservation and Environmental Protection of the National Development and Reform Commission to China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation. China National Electronics Import and Export Corporation stated clearly in the tender announcement that as the national energy-saving emission reduction policy is implemented in depth and the market matures, the financial subsidies and promotion scale of fluorescent lamps will be gradually reduced in the future, and they will gradually withdraw from the scope of financial subsidies and gradually shift to more For energy-saving environmental protection semiconductor (LED) and other efficient lighting products.

The tender announcement is clear. This tender will focus on the promotion of low-mercury and micro-mercury products, require companies to implement clean production, increase the recycling of used fluorescent lamps, focus on small and medium-sized cities, rural areas, and underdeveloped regions, and in principle, promote rural areas and underdeveloped regions. The proportion is not less than 70%. Industry insiders believe that the 2013 annual bidding will focus on promoting low-mercury and micro-mercury products and will accelerate the elimination of outdated production processes by SMEs.