Analysis on living environment of LED enterprises in 2017

With the enhancement of energy conservation and environmental protection awareness and the upgrading of lighting products, governments of various countries have continuously strengthened their policy support and promotion efforts for the LED industry, and the LED industry has successfully entered the fast lane of development, and ushered in a period of revolutionary renewal. However, with the rapid development of China's LED industry, the barriers to international trade are gradually increasing. With the enhancement of energy conservation and environmental protection awareness and the upgrading of lighting products, governments of various countries have continuously strengthened their policy support and promotion efforts for the LED industry, and the LED industry has successfully entered the fast lane of development, and ushered in a period of revolutionary renewal. However, with the rapid development of China's LED industry, the barriers to international trade are gradually increasing. Not long ago, the United States launched a so-called China unfair trade Behavior Survey (301 survey) The industry is expected to cause great turmoil in the export of the LED industry. While the investigation of Article 301 in the United States was still in the process, another powerful weapon of US trade protection, the investigation of Article 201, had already taken substantial action. On September 22, US eastern time, the US International Trade Commission (ITC)Investigation on safeguard measures for photovoltaic cells and components (201 survey) A damage ruling was made to determine that the imported products caused serious damage to the domestic industry in the United States. The next step will be to study the restrictions on imported products. On August this year, the performance reports of major LED enterprises in the first half of the year were basically released. Judging from the semi-annual reports of various enterprises, the news was quite gratifying, and most of them achieved year-on-year growth in revenue and net profit. At the time of surprise, we also learned a worrying news. On August 18, the United States launched a 301 survey on China and officially launched a trade survey on China in areas involving technology transfer, intellectual property rights and innovation. The discussion on intellectual property rights in LED industry was once again pushed to the forefront. The future competition is based on core technologies, intellectual property rights, corporate brands and other factors. At present, international giants still firmly occupy the lighting industry market, and domestic lighting enterprises need to take a share of it, and also need to start in technology research and development, industry standards, brand building, marketing and other aspects. China is a large manufacturer and exporter of LED products. In the first half of 2017, the National Lighting industry completed a cumulative export delivery value of 516. 6 billion yuan, an increase of 8. 77. However, in the process of moving from an industrial power to an industrial power, there are still many defects in core technology. For example, China's exports to the United States are mainly low-end intensive labor products, which are large but profitable, while the US exports to China are mainly high-tech products with high profits. With the increasing exposure of intellectual property disputes, countries immediately launched property rights protection measures. At the moment, the United States rushed to investigate the 301 China, and it is bound to tighten in the transfer of core technology. Due to the lack of technology, China's LED enterprises have suffered many patent infringement lawsuits. Therefore, how to develop core technology has become the top priority in the development of China's LED industry. Buying and merging excellent overseas assets through patents is one of the usual means for many enterprises to enhance their technological competitiveness. However, the United States has a strict core technology protection network, and it is also a country with a perfect protection system, especially for the external sale of enterprises in the United States. Earlier, the US foreign investment review committee rejected the Chinese consortium's acquisition of a majority stake in Philips's LED and automotive lighting component manufacturer Lumileds on the grounds of national security. This transaction involves hundreds of patent transfers. Behind this, it reveals the strong awareness of core technology protection in the United States. In the future competition, especially in the environment of increasingly strict core technology protection measures, we should make use of domestic policies and resources to enhance our technological strength and continuously carry out scientific research and innovation, instead of relying on overseas mergers and acquisitions or cooperation to develop technology. We need constant technological innovation and reform to improve our core competitiveness and promote development with science and technology. Only by truly mastering core technologies, daring to explore and continuously improve, improving the quality of LED products and building our own core competitiveness, in order to have a real right to speak on the big stage of international competition.