Guangdong LED industry output value exceeds 210 billion in 2012

A few days ago, Guangdong province's on-the-spot meeting to promote the application of LED lighting products was held in Foshan. Reporters learned that at present, Guangdong province has promoted the use of more than 800 thousand LED street lamps, more than 2. 1 million indoor lamps and more than 20 thousand kilometers of road sections. Street lamps alone save nearly 1 billion kilowatt hours of electricity. Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Department revealed that in 2012, the output value of the province's LED industry was 217 billion yuan, with about 4000 LED research and development and production enterprises, driving nearly 3 million jobs. The output value and application scale continue to rank first in the country, with a market share of more than 70, indicating that LED industry has developed into a new pillar industry in Guangdong.