Guangzhou International Light Festival
Start Date: 15th Nov., 2014
End Date: 30th Nov., 2014
City: Guangzhou
Country: China
Institute of Organizers:
Guangzhou Municipal People’s Government
China Illuminating Engineering Society ( CIES )
Lighting Urban Community International ( LUCI )
Asian Association of Lighting Designers(AALD)
Brief Description:
An excellent modern city essentially implies three main contents --- technology, culture and ecology. According to the guiding theory to create ‘Intelligent Guangzhou, Low-carbon Guangzhou, Happy Guangzhou’ for 2011-2015 year, incorporated with the planning and current lighting situation of Guangzhou, the Guangzhou Municipal Government has successfully organized the first international light festival in China --- “Guangzhou International Light Festival”, based on it’s unique historical and cultural heritage as well as modern metropolitan status. Being a famous port city in the world, China's first historical and cultural city, known as China's "South Gate", Guangzhou has made a significant achievement on urban construction with well-equipped permanent lighting installation and system for landscape lighting on main district. Moreover, being the lighting manufacturing center of China, Guangdong Province has produced 70% output on lighting fittings in China. All the above create advantage elements for Guangzhou to organize an international light festival. Taking experiences from other cities such as Lyon, with its theme “Lights brightening above the Pearl River, energy-saving lights well-known to every family”, Guangzhou firstly launched the first light festival in China, for the purpose of uniting the modern lighting technology and the appliance of environmentfriendly energy-conversation lighting fittings, to further improve the image and power of Guangzhou city.
This great event, centering on lighting technology, artistic creativity and energy conservation, is not only an important trial of the Chinese lighting industry, but also a magnificent pioneering work of Guangzhou.

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Guangzhou International Light Festival 2011 was held during September 26th to October 15th, 2011.

Guangzhou International Light Festival 2012 was held during December 15th , 2012 to January 12th, 2013.

Guangzhou International Light Festival 2013 was held during November 16th , 2013 to December 14th, 2013.

Yinchuan Light Festival
- Dream of Silk Road & Sparkling Yinchuan

Brief Description:
Ningxia Province takes up two essential points, one is the national unity, and the other is economic zone of Silk Road. It will become the key strategic window open to the Western of Muslin nations. With the core of promoting HUI culture, Yinchuan Light Festival is recognized as the important embodiment of art, technology, to promote national integration and great unity. It not only can show the new lighting technology application in cities, highlight the openness of Yinchuan city ; But can also represent the western ethical amorous feelings, and draw the world’s attention to Islamic hui culture with Chinese characteristics.
Highlights:
CHINA-ARAB STATES EXPO 2015 will be held in mid September in Yinchuan. This Expo is an international and comprehensive exhibition approved by the State Council, jointly organized by Ministry of Commerce, CCPIT and The people's Government of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.
Theme of Event
Use Light to Pass New Meaning to Silk Road and Build China Dream
Activities
Cross-cities Conferences, lighting installations, creative lighting design competition and awards, carnivals.

Guzhen Light Festival
Start Date: 1st Oct., 2015
End Date: 31st Oct., 2015
City: Zhongshan
Country: China
Institute of Organizers:
China Illuminating Engineering Society ( CIES )
Guzhen Town Municipal People’s Government
Asian Association of Lighting Designers(AALD)
Yang Guang Media

Brief Description:
Guzhen Lighting has mature industry chain, and is the world's largest lighting production and sales base, the largest lighting industry cluster, with more than 8,000 manufacturers, over 5,000 commercial enterprises, and more than 100 thousand employees. Guzhen brings together the world's passenger traffic, logistics, capital flow and wealth flows. Its output value reached RMB 100 billion all over the business circle of Guzhen. The trend for LED-based lighting industry is considered as another revolution since Edison invented the electric light.
The government of Guzhen has put much attention and casted huge investment on the industries which is not seen elsewhere. The government has introduced a series of policies to support the development of the lighting industry, will also put lots of money every year for the lighting industry to continuously improve the R & D, marketing platforms and supporting services.
Guzhen Town, is racing its way with the role of China Empire to the World Empire of Lighting.
Activities
Creative lighting show(Projection, Artistic Fireworks Show), Lighting interactive shows, Light&people.