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Recently, after consultation with seven departments including the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the State Administration for Market Regulation, the General Administration of Customs, and the National Disease Control Bureau, the "Catalog for Compliance Management on Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products (2026 Edition)" and its supporting documents were updated and released in the form of an announcement. This further expands the scope of hazardous substance control for electrical and electronic products and continues to strengthen regulatory efforts. In accordance with the departmental regulation "Administrative Measures for the Restricted Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products", the goal is to reduce the use of heavy metals such as lead and mercury, as well as persistent organic pollutants like polybrominated biphenyls, at the source.
On April 30, 2026, the National Development and Reform Commission and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued Document No. 550 [2026] of the Department of Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection (Fa Gai Huan Zi Gui), officially releasing the "Catalog of Products Subject to Energy Efficiency Labeling in the People's Republic of China (2026 Edition)" and supporting implementation rules. Among these, LED products for indoor lighting and LED luminaires for road and tunnel lighting have undergone a systematic transformation characterized by rule restructuring, standard upgrades, and clarified implementation timelines, marking a new era for China's LED lighting energy efficiency regulation.
The intensive bidding for multiple tens-of-millions-level smart streetlights and landscape lighting projects recently indicates that the lighting industry will accelerate towards a 'Smart + Low Carbon + Culture' integrated development direction. Enterprises with cross-domain integration capabilities are expected to dominate the market, while policy dividends and technological innovation will continue to reshape the value chain of the lighting industry. Binhai New Area Smart Streetlight and Energy Custody Project: Project Budget: 615 million CNY; Project Requirements: Plan to upgrade old light sources for energy saving, etc., to improve the intelligence level and energy utilization efficiency of urban lighting. Procurement Item Quantity: 1 item. Procurement
Recently, Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi and other regions have successively launched tenders for street light energy-saving renovation projects. By replacing low-efficiency lighting equipment such as High-pressure sodium lamp (HPS) with efficient LED luminaires, urban lighting energy efficiency is improved and energy consumption is reduced. According to public data statistics, the total investment in the four major projects reaches 154 million yuan, covering more than 20,000 street light renovations. It is expected to significantly improve nighttime lighting effects and help achieve the "dual carbon" goals. 0 1 Zhejiang Lishui Jingning County Urban Lighting Equipment Renewal Project Tender Amount: 51.2 million yuan Project Overview: This project belongs to municipal
In recent years, optimizing classroom lighting environments has become a key national livelihood project. The 'Work Plan for the Brightness Action to Prevent and Control Myopia in Children and Adolescents (2021–2025)', jointly issued by the Ministry of Education and 14 other departments, explicitly requires that by 2025, all primary and secondary school classroom lighting renovations be fully completed, ensuring core indicators such as illuminance, color temperature, and flicker comply with the 'Hygienic Standard for Daylighting and Lighting in Primary and Secondary School Classrooms'. In 2025, as the concluding year of the special action document implementing the 'Comprehensive Prevention and Control Plan for Myopia in Children and Adolescents', under policy-driven momentum,
There will be a mandatory national standard for the control of hazardous substances in lighting products. Are you ready? Recently, China's field of hazardous substance control for electrical and electronic products has welcomed its first mandatory national standard — "Requirements for the Restriction of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Products" (GB 26572—2025). This standard will be officially implemented on August 1, 2027, and will have a profound impact on the lighting industry. For lighting enterprises, this is both a strict compliance challenge and an important opportunity for transformation and upgrading. Especially products such as reading and writing task lamps are very
According to 2023 data from the National Health Commission, the overall myopia rate among children and adolescents in China is 52.7%. This means that one in every two children has myopia. Against this backdrop, products for myopia prevention and control among adolescents have become a high-traffic business. A large number of products claiming to be able to "prevent and control myopia" have emerged on the market. Among them, "eye-protection lamps" have received significant consumer attention and favor due to their frequent use close to daily life. The "Eye-Protection Lamp" Myth: A Carefully Designed Marketing Scam. Open an e-commerce platform and search for "eye-protection lamp prevent myopia",
Source: Journal of Lighting Engineering, reprinted with permission
On December 8, the Shenzhen Market Supervision Administration issued the Announcement on Approval and Publication of Shenzhen Local Standards (No. 94 in total). Among them, DB4403/T 280-2022 "Technical Specification for Coding of Multi-functional Smart Pole Management System" was officially released and will take effect from January 1, 2023. The poles and all mounted equipment of multi-functional smart poles shall have exclusive and unique codes and identifiers, combined with Geographic Information Systems (GIS) for accurate positioning and identification. This standard specifies the general requirements for coding of the multi-functional smart pole management system, coding principles,
On November 30, 2022, DLC released the official standard for Plant Light V3.0 and the random inspection policy for plant lights. Plant Light V3.0 is expected to take effect on March 31, 2023, while the first round of random inspections for plant lights is expected to begin in Q1 2024. The updates introduced this time mainly involve the following 5 points: 1. Increase in plant light luminous efficacy (PPE) requirements. Plant Light V3.0 requires PPE to be greater than 2.3μmol/J (tolerance -5%). 2. Product information requirements. Plant Light V3.0 adds requirements that need to be included in