In 2008-2009, Shanghai cumulate to promotion efficient lighting about 942 thousand, the annual saving of 500 million degrees, 500,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions,  a substantial increase in penetration of energy-efficient lighting, green lighting led lights market has become increasingly standardized.

The early 1990s, the Shanghai municipal government carry out green lighting led projects, to the city’s enterprises to promote the use of energy-saving lamps and erngy-saving fluorescent lamps. Entered into 21st century. the Chinese government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Global Environment Facility (GEF) in the country initiated the “China Green Lights Project to promote the project. Shanghai is actively involved in the DSM saving lighting demonstration project and Shanghai local green lighting led project, 420,000 energy-saving lamps in more than 100 units and some residents to promote joint technical supervision departments of energy-saving lamps market sampling and rectify, in conjunction with the Shanghai Association of Lighting related research institutes. Manufacturers continue to promote green lighting work-related research and explore the new era Shanghai to carry out energy-saving lighting work has laid a solid foundation.

In 2008, the countries bring out an idea of increasing the use of financial subsidies to promote efficient lighting products. To ensure that the Eleventh Five-Year promotion of efficient lighting products 150 million goal. Shanghai has successfully promoted in ten districts of 100,000 households, 100 withenergy unit to promote efficient lighting products 1,000,000, which residents purchase volume reached 700,000.

In 2009, the Shanghai municipal government promotes efficient lighting products as important work of energy conservation, and also launched local financial subsidies on the basis of the state financial subsidies, so that residents not only enjoy 50 percent of the state subsidies in the purchase of energy-saving lamps, but also receive 20% local subsidies. An energy-saving lamp only cost 2 to 3.5 yuan, less than a sixth of the market price.

As of early December, in Shanghai, efficient lighting products to 8.42 million have been used, which includes 7,380,000 to the user in 18 districts (counties) of the city, and 214 neighborhoods, includes 500,000, to the city’s households needs and includes 540,000 free energy-saving lamps to low income residents. Activities affect a large field, benefit a lot of people, which becomes milestone in the promotion of green lighting.

In 2010, Shanghai will hold the first World Expo in developing countries, which aims at low-carbon, energy-saving, environmentally friendly activities. To this end, the Shanghai municipal government plans to start from next year, “10 million energy-saving lamps into the family “activities, and continue to use double subsidies through national and local measures in the city to promote efficient lighting products of more than 10 million. It is estimated that we can achieve annual energy saving of 600 million degrees, and less row of 600,000 tons of carbon dioxide.

About 500 km south of Paris, the city of Lyon is a long history of the city. As early as Roman times, it is a old town in France. Today, walking in the town, we can also see a lot of Roman occupation of the former period. The passage of time, the charm of the city of Lyon is diminished, especially as an economic center of the modern French, more glow with youthful vigor. On every year’s  Lyon Festival of Lights December 8th, guests from Lyon increased the color of the an international city, and become a large image of the signs of modern Lyon. According to reports, during the recent years, the Festival of Light, about 4 million tourists from France and around the world. Not only as the Lyon brought a lot of tourism revenue, but also to improve the world awareness of Lyon.

Lyon Festival of Lights has a half-century history. December 8, 1852, the whole community celebrate the the Havre Janvier mountains Virgin Mary image of gold completed in the evening held a grand ceremony. Every household in the window and point row of candle lights, hand-held lights to line up the mountain to celebrate the completion of the statue of Virgin Mary. Since then, the Festival of Lights on December 8 will settle down roots here, and will be a section of the city Lyon from generation to generation so far.

A major feature of modern Lyon Festival of Lights, light scenery effects markedly effective, the more you use the more energy-efficient green lighting led technology continues to improve, the Festival of Lights during the power consumption is declining, and the Lantern Festival is firmly marked by sustainable development of the mark. According to reports, due to the continuous improvement of energy-saving technology, and now continued four nights of the Festival of Lights, the total power consumption cost only  € 3,000, indicating that the Lyon urban energy-saving lighting technology developed. Lyon, city lighting costs are declining, because of the Lantern Festival, led lights by an average of only 11 euros a year.

20 years, the influence of the Lyon Festival of Lights continues to expand, Lyon, energy-efficient green lighting led technology innovation. Lantern Festival not only dress the city to drive economic development in Lyon, also in a certain sense, has played an exemplary role for city lighting worldwide.