Last year, the export of LED plant lighting fixtures was about 500 million USD

In recent years, the global plant lighting market has been booming, and LED plant lighting has performed prominently in the field of semiconductor lighting. Based on the many advantages of LED plant lighting, the entire industry is also accelerating exploration. In order to promote the healthy and orderly development of the industry, on August 4, the China Association of Lighting and Electrical Appliances, in conjunction with the Smart Plant Factory Innovation Office of the Institute of Urban Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and Guangzhou Guangya Frankfurt Exhibition Co., Ltd. held the "Smart Agriculture Lighting Innovation Forum".

Data show that my country's export of agricultural lamps and lanterns in 2020 is about 500 million US dollars, an increase of more than 4 times compared with the same period last year. The global research organization Technavio research report shows that from 2016 to 2020, the global growth lamp market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 11.7%. In 2020, the global growth lamp market will reach 3 billion US dollars. In terms of market size, domestic and foreign lighting giants have deployed plant lighting business. In 2020, my country has more than 300 companies engaged in plant lighting, which has nearly doubled from 2015. Wen Qidong, deputy secretary-general of the China Lighting Association, said that agricultural lighting has been a hot spot in the lighting field in recent years. Driven by multiple factors, the export of plant lighting products will increase year-on-year in 2020. "But there are stories behind the digital boom. One is because of the epidemic, and the other is because of the demand for the cultivation of special medicinal plants in North America. Generally speaking, agricultural lighting is still in its infancy." He reminded.

In fact, plant lighting is a highly comprehensive industry that spans the fields of lighting, botany, and agronomy, and requires multidisciplinary cooperation, industry-university-research cooperation. According to Wang Sen, a senior engineer from the Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, in terms of plant lighting, although domestic and foreign manufacturers have invested in the research and development of plant lighting, there is still a lack of accurate "light formula" that can effectively promote plant growth and lack of practical application data to support , The product quality is uneven, the price is high, there is an urgent need for high-efficiency and energy-saving plant lighting products, and the development of high-performance luminescent materials suitable for plant growth lighting is urgently needed. "At present, the use of LED blue light or ultraviolet chip laser light-emitting materials is still the main way to achieve LED light output." Wang Sen said. On the other hand, Hong Bing, secretary general of the Agricultural Lighting Professional Committee of the China Lighting Association, also pointed out that agricultural lighting has certain challenges, such as low levels of industrialization and standardization, and difficulty in expanding the market; input and output are not proportional; light formulation research Lack, unclear molecular mechanisms, and mechanism research staying at the macro level. At this stage, basic research, technological breakthroughs, cost reduction, strengthening promotion, and the establishment of sustainable profitable business models are all very important.

The reporter learned that the continuous progress in the research and development of plant lighting technology provides technical support for the healthy development of the plant lighting industry and the development of modern agriculture in China. The China Lighting Association stated that in the future, the Association, the Smart Plant Factory Innovation Office of the Institute of Urban Agriculture of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the Agricultural Lighting Network will actively leverage the influence of the aggregation platform, and work hand in hand with the same industry to do a good job of standards, markets, technology, Application, industry chain optimization, talent training and other aspects of service work actively promote the healthy development of my country's smart agriculture and plant lighting industry, and promote domestic brands to the world.