LED lighting is flooded with inferior products, survey in Chengdu in the west
Low-cost and quality products "favored"
The reporter visited the four major lighting product sales gathering places in Chengdu, including Jinfu Lighting City, Bayi Lighting City, Brilliant Lighting City, and Fuhe Lighting City. Qi, there has not been a situation where high-end lighting products such as LEDs are expensive.
The reporter randomly investigated some lighting shops in four lighting cities and learned that the price of 3W LED lights is generally between 15-35 yuan. For example, the market price of 3W lamps of Changfang Lighting is 22 yuan, and the selling price of 5W LED lamps of Jixiang Ouhe Lamps is only 20.5 yuan.
"The price of Philips 3W LED lights is more than 100 yuan in the Chengdu market. In contrast, the low-priced lights on the market are more attractive to consumers. At this stage, consumers still don’t know much about LEDs. "Advantage" still makes these low-quality LED products flood the market, which is very "favored"." Said Yi Yongqiang, a distributor of Chengdu Philips Changjiu Store.
Yan Jing, secretary-general of Chengdu Building Decoration Association, said that the decoration association has learned through designers and engineers that people in the industry are very optimistic about the development trend of LED as a future lighting source. Yan Jing told reporters: "But there are too many cheap LED lights with poor assembly quality on the market, some even as low as 7 yuan, which is obviously irresponsible to consumers."
These "favored" inferior products have become "blockers" for high-quality LED brands. "Three years ago, we bought Shenhualong's 3W LED lamp at a price of 274 yuan per lamp. There has not been any problem so far. The price is now cheaper, down to 160 yuan per lamp. But like this kind of company with guaranteed quality So far, it has not entered the lighting market in Chengdu." Yan Jing said, "The reason why high-end products have not entered the market is mainly because the current LED market is almost dominated by low-end products, and there are few high-end products. Low-priced and inferior products take advantage of it. The advantage of low price and the price war made high-end products with high production costs discouraged, and then transferred the market to some large-scale engineering projects with high requirements for the quality of lamps. This also made the quality of LED lamps circulating to the people not good enough."
There are very few lighting industry associations in the western region. As a major industrial town in the western region, Chengdu has only a handful of lighting industry associations. The reporter learned that currently only Chengdu Building Decoration Association, Sichuan Interior Decoration Association, and Sichuan Lighting Electrical Appliances Association are involved in the lighting industry.
A dealer along the street in Yingmenkou, Mr. Li, told reporters: "There is no special association for the lighting industry in Chengdu. The current lighting industry, especially the LED market, is too chaotic, and the prices are uneven, which is very detrimental to our businessmen. I hope there is one. Departments or industry associations will take care of it. If the price is left to chaos, LED lighting will be a dead end sooner or later, and our business will not survive."
“The Decoration Association is mainly responsible for the design and construction of the decoration industry and brand decorative building materials companies, covering the main industrial chains of the entire industry, but it has not yet been subdivided into the lighting industry.” Yan Jing said: “For the development and specifications of the lighting industry, we understand and master Not enough. However, it is now actively recommending LED products to the member units of the Decoration Association, so that members can have an in-depth understanding of the lighting products involved in this lighting industry trend, especially LED products."
According to Yan Jing, Chengdu Architectural Decoration Association has held the "Lighting Weekly Cup" lighting design competition for three consecutive years, which is also held in accordance with the requirements of the China Building Decoration Association. On June 20 this year, the "2012 Fourth Lighting Weekly" was held. Cup'China Lighting Application Design Contest Chengdu Division Award Ceremony and Dehao Runda? Lighting Design Lecture Hall & Rishang Optoelectronics? Lighting Application Bilateral Forum". In the past three years, the activity has also achieved good results. In designers and construction companies, the promotion of the use of led lamps has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
“Chengdu’s lighting business academic activities are still not extensive enough. Compared with developed regions, there is still a certain gap.” Yan Jing said, “We understand that powerful lighting stores like Jinfu Lighting City are already in Jinniu. With the support of the district government, the Western China International Lighting Fair has been held for four consecutive years. We also hope to unite with powerful and socially responsible companies to hold a lighting competition. Through the competition, lighting designers, manufacturers, and engineering With regard to advanced LED technology, energy conservation and environmental protection concepts can be further popularized in the industry, so that the scientific and technological achievements of the lighting industry can be converted into practical applications in time, including important projects such as office buildings, commercial stores, schools, and cultural stadiums."
