Zhongshan, ChinaMay 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — In the height of summer, everything flourishes. From May 26 to 28, the three-day 2026 Guzhen Lighting Fair Summer Edition grandly opened at the Guzhen Convention and Exhibition Center, the capital of lighting! This edition of the fair is hosted by the China Association of Lighting Industry and organized by Zhongshan Guzhen Lighting Expo Co., Ltd. It features over 300 exhibitors, a 35% increase compared to the same period in 2025; the total number of pre-registered visitors with real names exceeded 40,000, a year-on-year increase of 160%.
Heavy visitor traffic on the first day of the fair
At the opening ceremony, Wen Qinghua, Deputy Secretary of the Guzhen Town Party Committee, delivered a speech: Guzhen Town, leveraging the “three exhibitions per year” strategy, builds a more professional, focused, and efficient exhibition and sales platform for the industry. It seizes market development demands such as smart healthy lighting, smart city construction, and cultural tourism night tours, accelerates the deep integration of new technologies like artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things with the lighting industry, promotes product innovation, scenario innovation, and supply innovation, deepens the supply of high-quality consumption scenarios, continuously amplifies Guzhen’s global discourse power and influence, and drives the construction of a world capital of lighting and decorative lamps.
Wang Xuhua, Vice President of the China Association of Lighting Industry, pointed out in his speech: This year’s government work report clearly emphasizes strengthening urban infrastructure construction, providing incremental space for road lighting micro-renovation and scenario-based applications. Additionally, outdoor cultural tourism lighting and smart engineering lighting are transitioning from functional necessities to immersive light and shadow experiences. Against this backdrop, this edition of the fair seizes the opportunity, delving deep into outdoor lighting and cultural tourism light and shadow art, helping more businesses expand into global markets.
Based on the exhibits on the first day, this summer edition highlights three major features:
1. From “Full Category” to “Hardcore Specialization”
Different from previous spring and autumn editions, the 2026 Guzhen Lighting Fair Summer Edition closely targets vertical niche areas, focusing on commercial lighting, outdoor engineering lighting, cultural tourism light and shadow, accessories and components, bathroom hardware, and cross-border e-commerce sectors, emphasizing “new and refined, specialized and strong.” At the fair, the traditional model of “selling individual lamps” has been completely broken, replaced by immersive light and shadow installations and efficient energy-saving solutions incorporating cutting-edge technologies such as intelligent scenario applications, holographic projection, and AI dynamic tracking. These exhibits precisely meet the rigid demands of urban renewal and the cultural tourism night tour economy, showcasing the comprehensive upgrade of the lighting and decorative lamp industry from “selling products” to “selling systems” and “selling services.”
Exhibitors showcase products to visitors, with lively on-site interaction
2. Over a Hundred Major Buyers Form Group Purchases
This summer edition focuses on building a high-level commercial matchmaking system, inviting over a hundred domestic and international professional major buyers to form groups for procurement. On the domestic front, it has invited institutions that have managed major cultural tourism projects such as Chang’an Twelve Hours, Prince Teng Pavilion, and Taibai Mountain International Resort to source smart engineering, commercial lighting, and urban renewal products. On the international front, it delves deep into markets of countries along the “Belt and Road,” helping enterprises explore new spaces for international economic and trade cooperation. During the fair, four “Lighting Online Business Matchmaking Sessions” will be held, locking in target customers for exhibitors in advance and precisely matching corresponding resources, comprehensively improving the efficiency of business matchmaking and the success rate of cooperation, helping achieve “see and talk, sign and close deals.” Specifically, from the afternoon of May 26 to May 27, the organizer will hold three foreign trade sessions, inviting hundreds of bulk procurement decision-makers from Southeast Asia, South Asia, the Middle East, Eastern Europe, and other regions to attend negotiations.
During the 2026 Guzhen Lighting Fair Summer Edition, the matchmaking sessions foster a strong business atmosphere
3. Multiple Industry Exchange Events Held Simultaneously
During the fair, organizations including the China Association of Lighting Industry, Guangdong Lighting Association, and Guangdong E-commerce Association will host the following salon activities and sharing sessions: “Smart Light Interconnection – High-Quality Development Exchange on Outdoor Lighting Industry,” “Lighting the Future, Cityscape Integration – 2026 Urban Lighting High-Quality Development Exchange,” “2026 Cultural Tourism Night Tour Economy and Smart Engineering Lighting Industry Development Exchange,” “Smart Lighting Blue Ocean, Compliant Voyage – 2026 Zhongshan Lighting Cross-Border E-commerce Emerging Market Industry Ecosystem Matchmaking,” and “New Opportunities for Going to ASEAN” Sharing Session. Topics cover multiple fields such as intelligent control, cultural tourism integration, and cross-border e-commerce, aiming to strengthen information exchange, trend analysis, and industry promotion, facilitate the high concentration of industry information, and build an information hub. Multiple professional exchange events will be staged brilliantly, interpreting industry trends on-site, delving into core technologies, and sharing practical cases, offering a wealth of valuable content to provide cutting-edge references and practical guidance for enterprise development.
From May 26 to 28, we look forward to gathering with you at the 2026 Guzhen Lighting Fair Summer Edition. Let’s unite through light, achieve mutual benefit through exchange, and jointly explore new opportunities for the development of the lighting and decorative lamp industry!