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The lighting of Daweitang No. 1 Tunnel of Chengping Expressway in Hebei Province was successfully lit up

On December 2, the highly anticipated construction of Chengping Expressway in Hebei Province was successful again. The lighting fixtures of Daweitang No. 1 Tunnel of Chengping Expressway in Xinglong County, Chengde City, undertaken by the JD2 Project Department of the Chengping Section of the First Ring Expressway, were successfully lit up, and the project construction progress bar was refreshed again.

The lighting of Daweitang No. 1 Tunnel of Chengping Expressway in Hebei Province was successfully lit up

The Daweitang No. 1 Tunnel of Chengping Expressway is 1,742 meters long and is a key node project of Chengping Expressway. Faced with the challenges of large mechanical and electrical engineering, tight time and heavy tasks, all employees of JD2 Project of Chengping Expressway worked hard and fired at full power. Since November, the project team has scientifically planned and carefully organized, efficiently allocated construction resources, and optimized construction arrangements by keeping a close eye on nodes and reversing construction schedules. After overcoming numerous difficulties such as the damp and cold tunnel, cross-construction, and high-altitude operations, and after unremitting efforts, it took 18 days to successfully complete key node tasks such as the installation of lighting fixtures and the first power-on of the Daweitang No. 1 Tunnel, marking a more solid step towards the completion and opening of Chengping Expressway to traffic.

Lighting in Machang Town, Puding County, Anshun, Guizhou

In early winter, the chill is getting thicker, but Machang Town, Puding County, Anshun City, Guizhou Province is glowing with a different kind of warmth due to the bright lights. In areas such as Shi’an Square, Qishi Road, along the riverside promenade and the Teachers Street Night Market, brilliant colored lights light up the night sky, outlining a charming night scene and beautifying the town’s style.

Lighting in Machang Town, Puding County, Anshun, Guizhou

“Since the colored lights were installed in the square, we will come here to dance at 8 o’clock every night. The night view here is so beautiful!” He Yingxian from the Binhe Sisters Art Troupe in Machang Town said excitedly. The colored lights not only decorate the night, but also enrich the people’s nighttime experience. life, the square has also become the best place for residents to relax and entertain.

In order to continue to promote the construction of small towns, beautify the town environment, and enrich people’s night life, since this year, Machang Town has focused on lighting projects around the town’s main roads, night market streets, mass activity squares and other streets where people are concentrated and daily leisure areas. Improve the overall image of the township.

At present, more than 2,000 meters of energy-saving and environmentally friendly lanterns have been installed in the town, with great results. In winter, the flow of people at night snack stalls in the town increases significantly, the smoke of fireworks becomes more intense, and the night economy flourishes, activating new vitality for consumption in towns and villages.

Gong Cheng, organizing committee member of Machang Town, said that in the future, in conjunction with the New Year’s Day and New Year’s Day, merchants in the town will be linked to add more festival decorations to further create a strong festive atmosphere, so that more people can feel the changes in their hometown and contribute to the revitalization of the countryside.

Hengyang Advances Urban Lighting Upgrades for a Safer, Greener, and Smarter City

Recently, the Hengyang City Administration Bureau announced that the city has been actively promoting urban lighting management reforms, facility upgrades, and cultural integration in recent years. Guided by the core principles of “safety, green, and intelligence,” these efforts aim to enhance urban quality and support the integrated development of culture and tourism.

Hengyang Advances Urban Lighting Upgrades for a Safer, Greener, and Smarter City

Green Lighting Initiatives

Hengyang has deepened its commitment to green lighting by ensuring that 100% of new roads are equipped with LED light sources. The city has also been systematically upgrading older lighting systems, achieving an LED streetlight coverage rate of over 90%. By implementing an intelligent “zoning, grading, and time-sharing” control system, the city matches lighting schedules with pedestrian flow and seasonal changes, saving 15.6 million kWh of electricity annually. This represents a 37.5% increase in energy efficiency, equivalent to reducing carbon emissions by 900,000 tons. Additionally, the adoption of photovoltaic streetlights in urban villages and other areas has further contributed to the development of a low-carbon Yancheng.

Smart City Innovations

Hengyang is pioneering the intensive use of urban space through smart city initiatives. The provincial pilot project of “multi-pole-in-one smart light poles” on Xianfeng Road has yielded significant results, reducing the number of poles by 50.7% and cutting management costs by 42.6%. Leveraging a multifunctional smart lamp pole operation and control platform, the city has integrated applications such as smart urban management, security, and transportation. These innovations enable automatic traffic light adjustments based on real-time traffic flow and video-linked congestion management, setting a benchmark for old-city renovations across the province.

Urban Lighting Beautification and Cultural Integration

In 2024, the Hengyang Lighting Service Center implemented a comprehensive urban lighting beautification project. This included the removal of 2,620 illegal pole billboards and the repair of 1,573 lighting hazards along the Xiangjiang Scenic Belt. The city also upgraded lighting at key transportation hubs, such as the high-speed railway station, Huaxin Interchange, and Xiangjiang Bridge. By incorporating elements of Chuanshan culture and Anti-Japanese War culture into streetlight designs, Hengyang has enhanced its nighttime appeal, contributing to a thriving night economy and cultural tourism. These efforts helped attract over 74 million tourists in 2024.

Addressing Lighting Gaps

To tackle lighting deficiencies in back streets, alleys, and older communities, Hengyang has continued its efforts to eliminate “blind spots and dark areas” while optimizing “weak areas.” In 2024, the city inspected and repaired 14,000 streetlights, maintaining a lighting rate of over 99%. In November 2024, the Municipal Street Light Management Office was officially renamed the Urban Lighting Service Center, marking a shift from “passive maintenance” to “active service” in its management model.

Guangdong Shanwei Rural Lighting Project

Recently, in order to facilitate villagers’ travel at night and in foggy weather and reduce safety hazards, the Dahu Town Assistance Team took advantage of the group unit and donated nearly 200,000 yuan to install 184 solar street lights in Shanjiao Village, the center of Dahu Town, including 180 street lights in the lanes and 4 large street lights in the square in front of the village. In addition, the assistance team used special funds to install 42 column solar street lights for the village’s ring road and the square in front of the village, so that the village has now reached a 100% lighting coverage rate in the village. Installing solar street lights, filling the gaps in road lighting, and promoting rural lighting projects not only enhances the safety factor of night travel on village roads, but also provides convenience for villagers, allowing villagers to feel safe, harmonious, warm and bright at night. Now when you walk into Shanjiao Village at night, brand new street lights are installed beside the village roads and lanes. As night falls, bright lights shine down, illuminating the doorsteps of the people and their hearts. Villagers have said that since the street lights were installed in the village, it has been much more convenient to go out at night.

Guangdong Shanwei Rural Lighting Project

In the early stage of the town-based assistance, the Dahu Town Assistance Team actively promoted the “lighting project” in cooperation with the local authorities, using special assistance funds to install 109 solar street lights and 18 Chinese lanterns on the road sections from Xinzhi Village to Huzai Village, from Shanjiao Village to Honghai Bay, and from the town government to Mazu Square. Up to now, the assistance team has installed 353 street lights in villages and sections of the town through the special assistance funds for town-based assistance and the self-raised funds of the group assistance units, providing strong support and guarantee for the main roads and village lighting in Dahu Town, effectively facilitating the travel of villagers and striving to eliminate safety hazards.

Next, the Dahu Town Assistance Team will continue to implement the requirements of rural revitalization and uphold the original mission of town-based assistance. By focusing on “small incisions” to address “big people’s livelihood,” the team will effectively carry out projects that benefit the people, warm their hearts, and align with their aspirations. These efforts will infuse new meaning, inject fresh vitality, and add vibrant colors to rural revitalization, making the lives of the people more fulfilling and their happiness more vivid.

Heilongjiang Hegang lights up the street lights in Qunli Village to warm the hearts of the people

In recent years, the People’s Court of Luobei County, Hegang City, Heilongjiang Province has deeply implemented the important concept of “Five Remembers and Five Integrations”, closely combined the party’s advanced nature with judicial practice, and actively implemented the purpose of justice for the people. Recently, in order to further improve the rural living environment, the party group of the court raised funds to install 20 solar street lights for the country roads in Qunli Village. The village secretary was also busy, so the opening scene appeared. This measure effectively solved the “urgent, difficult, and anxious” problems that the people were concerned about.

Heilongjiang Hegang lights up the street lights in Qunli Village to warm the hearts of the people

In the work of rural revitalization, the party group of Luobei County Court has always regarded party building work as the “red engine” to promote various work. In order to better serve the people, outstanding party members and cadres were selected as the first secretary of the village, and they went deep into the grassroots many times to communicate with the village committees and the masses, and visited and investigated on the spot. It was previously learned that some street lights on the country roads in the village were damaged. Given that most of the villagers are elderly people and left-behind children, there are many safety hazards when traveling at night and when students are leaving school. After learning about this situation, the first secretary stationed in the village quickly made a special report to the leaders in charge. The Party Committee of the hospital attached great importance to this and took the “lighting project” in Qunli Village as an important task. According to the actual situation of the village, it actively integrated resources from all parties to help the village install solar street lights, providing more safety guarantees for villagers to travel, effectively solving the problem of “difficult travel” for the masses at night, and at the same time greatly improving the appearance of the village and warming the hearts of the people.

Zhejiang Lishui’s first highway tunnel “lights follow the car” intelligent lighting system

After several months of trial operation and optimization, Lishui’s first highway tunnel “lights follow the car” intelligent lighting system was recently put into use in the Zhangxiling Tunnel of Longpu Expressway. This system not only marks a major breakthrough in Lishui’s intelligent transportation field, but also brings great safety and convenience to the travel of drivers and passengers.

Zhejiang Lishui's first highway tunnel "lights follow the car" intelligent lighting system

It is understood that the “lights follow the car” intelligent lighting system was independently developed by Zhejiang Transportation Group to solve the problems of high energy consumption and unsatisfactory light environment in highway tunnel lighting. The system integrates advanced equipment and technologies such as the Internet of Things, cloud computing, brightness detectors, and millimeter-wave radar, license plate capture, geomagnetic induction, and event detection “four-in-one” vehicle tracking and identification system, realizing segmented precise control of “lights on when the car comes – lights off when the car leaves – lights follow the car”.

When the vehicle reaches 300 meters before the tunnel entrance, the system automatically captures the vehicle traffic information and immediately adjusts the front lighting brightness in the tunnel; after the vehicle enters the tunnel, the millimeter-wave radar set every 60 meters tracks the vehicle’s driving trajectory in real time and dynamically adjusts the lighting space in front and behind the vehicle until the vehicle safely exits the tunnel; when no vehicle passes, the system automatically adjusts the light brightness to meet the minimum standard requirements for highway tunnel lighting.

According to reports, the “Lights Follow the Vehicle” intelligent lighting system showed extremely high stability and energy-saving effects during the trial operation. Data shows that the system saves about 35% energy per year, effectively reducing the energy consumption cost of tunnel lighting. In addition, the system also has a self-checking function. Once there is a problem with the lighting equipment and facilities in the tunnel, the system will remind the staff to conduct rapid maintenance in real time, ensuring the continuous and stable operation of the lighting system.

The official launch of the “Lights Follow the Vehicle” intelligent lighting system not only provides a safer and more comfortable driving environment for drivers and passengers, but also injects new vitality into the construction of intelligent transportation in Lishui area.

New warm street lights in Ulanhot City, Xing’an League, Inner Mongolia

As night falls, the night view of Qingsong Community has quietly undergone some warm changes – on the densely populated small roads in Qingsong Community, ICBC Family Building, and Bayi Building, newly installed street lights are lit one by one, paving a bright and safe passage for passing residents and vehicles. These street lights not only illuminate the “last small step” for residents to go home, but also improve the “big step” of residents’ satisfaction.

New warm street lights in Ulanhot City, Xing'an League, Inner Mongolia

At the end of 2023, Qingsong Community collected community renovation residents’ needs from community residents, party members, and volunteers through questionnaires, home visits, telephone contacts, and WeChat communications. After sorting out the collected needs questionnaires, 63% of the residents believed that the lights in the community were dim at night and it was inconvenient to travel at night.

The Party Working Committee of Tiexi Street played a leading role in party building, conducted field visits and held residents’ meetings many times, and finally included it in the 2024 project of doing practical things for the people. After repeated deliberations with the property and construction units, the construction plan was finally determined. Subsequently, a “street light installation campaign” was launched in Qingsong Community.

In September 2024, the Qingsong Community street light renovation project was fully completed. When 11 street lights were “lit” in the community for the first time, it attracted many residents’ praises. Everyone said: Our community is really bright! The installation of street lights not only illuminates the “safe road” of residents, but also “lights up” the “happy road” of the people.

The people have something to say, and I have something to respond. In the next step, Tiexi Street will continue to uphold the people-centered development thinking, make good use of the “five ones” mass work method, be guided by the needs of the masses, take the people’s livelihood issues to heart, grasp them in hand, and do them in practice, insist on doing practical and good things for the masses with heart, emotion and strength, and light up the “satisfaction lamp” in the hearts of the masses with practical actions.

Morocco proposes threshold requirements for imported lighting equipment

Recently, the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Green and Digital Economy (MICEVN) of the Kingdom of Morocco re-examined the threshold requirements for lighting equipment. Whether lighting products are controlled in the country of origin and whether it is necessary to apply for a CoC (Certificate of Conformity) at the country of origin depends on the minimum threshold corresponding to the applicable standard for the lighting product.

Morocco proposes threshold requirements for imported lighting equipment

If a lighting product is within the scope of application of both the Ministerial Order and the NM standard, but the thresholds of the Ministerial Order and the NM standard corresponding to the product are different, in this case we need to refer to the threshold of the standard corresponding to the product to determine whether the product is in the country of origin.

If the quantity or value of the product is lower than the minimum threshold corresponding to the standard, the lighting product is not controlled in the country of origin, even if the threshold of the product exceeds the threshold corresponding to the Ministerial Order.

SGS once again reminds customers who are engaged in the trade of related products to learn the details in advance and be prepared.

As an officially authorized institution in Morocco, SGS implements the Product Conformity Assessment Program (PCA) (Conformity Assessment of Industrial Products Program), verifies whether all controlled products imported into the country comply with relevant national standards and technical regulations of Morocco, and issues a product conformity certificate CoC. For goods to be cleared locally in Morocco.

The first “smart luminous zebra crossing” in Xinyu, Jiangxi appears on the streets

Recently, the first “Smart Glowing Zebra Crossing” in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province was unveiled on Beihu Middle Road, Yushui District.

The first "smart luminous zebra crossing" in Xinyu, Jiangxi appears on the streets

In order to optimize nighttime commuting conditions in the jurisdiction, the Xinyu Public Security Traffic Police installed the first “smart illuminated zebra crossing” at the intersection of Beihu Middle Road and Beihu Hotel in Yushui District to further improve nighttime and extreme weather commuting conditions and ensure that citizens travel more safely and comfortably.

As night falls, the evening rush hour arrives as scheduled. The “Smart Glowing Zebra Crossing” flashes “starlight” frequently. At the non-signalized intersection of Beihu Middle Road, when pedestrians enter the zebra crossing, the square bricks on both sides light up yellow to remind pedestrians to pass safely. Drivers are reminded to slow down and be courteous.

Traffic and pedestrian traffic are large during peak hours at night, especially in bad weather such as rainy days and heavy fog. Road traffic hazards are greater. After the installation of “smart light-emitting zebra crossings”, pedestrians’ right of way will be clearer and the intersection safety factor will be further improved. Citizens’ travel adds a lifeline of protection.

Compared with ordinary zebra crossings, the first “Smart Luminous Zebra Crossing” set up on Beihu Middle Road has luminous transparent square bricks embedded on both sides of the zebra crossing and in front of the stop line, which enhances the visual experience of pedestrians and drivers.

The luminous zebra crossing system has a built-in intelligent perception algorithm. When the luminous brick detects someone crossing the street, the lighting mode changes, from white to yellow, and the warning effect is more significant; from flashing to running water, it guides pedestrians to cross the street quickly, which is beneficial to pedestrian crossing safety.

Civilized traffic and safe travel require every traffic participant to consciously abide by traffic laws and regulations.

Xinyu Public Security Traffic Police will further optimize road traffic facilities and install “smart illuminated zebra crossings” in key sections such as business districts to create a safer and more orderly road traffic environment and ensure safe, smooth, orderly and comfortable pedestrian traffic.

Lighting renovation of more than 400 school classrooms in Guichi District, Chizhou City, Anhui Province

Recently, the Ministry of Education, together with the National Health Commission and the National Center for Disease Control and Prevention, issued the “Notice on Grasping the Key Stage of Myopia Prevention and Control in Kindergartens and Primary Schools”, making the prevention of “little glasses” once again a hot topic of concern to the whole society.

Lighting renovation of more than 400 school classrooms in Guichi District, Chizhou City, Anhui Province

The author learned from the Education and Sports Bureau of Guichi District, Chizhou City, Anhui Province that the district party committee and district government have long attached great importance to the problem of myopia among young children and implemented a series of precise and effective measures to prevent “little glasses”. Especially since 2022, our district has taken the transformation of classroom light environment as an important measure to prevent and control myopia among children and adolescents, and has invested more than 5 million yuan in total to implement the “Classroom Light Environment Standard Project” to improve the classroom light environment, prevent myopia among children and adolescents, and protect the “bright future” of students.

Zhujia Central School is one of the schools that benefited from this livelihood project. Recently, following the sound of reading aloud, the author walked into the classrooms of the school. The students sat down neatly. Under the illumination of 9 eye protection lamps and 3 blackboard lamps above the classroom, the whole classroom looked bright and warm. Under the comfortable light, the children read the text, wrote furiously, or stared at the blackboard. “The light of the eye protection lamp is sufficient and soft, which not only brings a comfortable visual experience to the children, but also significantly improves their concentration in class and greatly improves their learning efficiency.” Li Peigen, a science teacher at the school, said.

It is understood that the Zhujia Central School has fully completed the eye protection lamp renovation project in 15 classrooms. Before the renovation, most of the classrooms in the school used traditional fluorescent lighting, which was harsh and dazzling. On rainy days, problems such as insufficient lighting, blackboard reflection, and unclear multimedia blackboard display were particularly prominent, which not only affected the students’ vision health, but also had a negative impact on learning efficiency. After the renovation, the 9 eye protection lamps fully achieved the effect of uniform illumination, bright and comfortable, and the 3 blackboard lamps were also quite particular, using a special installation angle. When the light was directly shining, the handwriting on the blackboard was clearly visible, but the students under the stage and the teachers on the stage could avoid the direct light, greatly reducing the sense of glare.