China will implement mandatory LED lighting standards in 2014

The European Union issued the 'new energy efficiency regulations for LED lighting products' earlier this year, requiring that all LED lighting products exported to Europe must meet the new energy efficiency standards from September 1 this year. the energy efficiency standards of LED lighting products are gradually improved in three stages: September 1 this year, September 1, 2014 and September 1, 2016. With the continuous expansion of LED lighting applications, products are becoming more and more abundant, and consumers are gradually accepting this new type of light source. At the same time, LED products have also exposed many problems and are in urgent need of industry standards. People familiar with the matter said that mandatory national lighting safety standards in mainland China are currently being developed and are expected to be introduced next year. The introduction of new standards is the coexistence of risks and opportunities for enterprises: a batch of enterprises whose products do not meet the standards will be blocked from the door and will be gradually eliminated by the market; And those companies with excellent quality will get better and better. All along, the LED lighting market has been accused of serious competition. Due to the lack of upstream core technology, this young emerging market is mired in homogenization competition. Large factories and small factories can produce, and everyone is fighting for the price. This is the helpless voice of a listed company's technicians. At present, China's LED lighting market is caught in a misunderstanding of price war, and all products are basically launched around prices. Excessive price competition makes it difficult to guarantee the quality of products. Buyers from many European and American countries give up Chinese LED products and have a certain fear of MADEINCHINA. Nie Pengxiang, president of excitation testing, expressed concern about the current price war of LED lighting in China, which reflects the lack of industry standards. In Europe and the United States, all lighting products, including LED, must conform to the international lighting Commission (IEC) The published international standard divides lighting hazards into four levels, of which the safety level of household lighting products must be level 0 or level 1. products of grade 2 or above must be marked with labels to remind consumers. However, in the past, the LED standards in mainland China have become recommended standards, resulting in worrying about the safety performance of some LED products in China.