Guangdong to subsidize the LED lighting industry, or into a double-edged sword"

Guangdong in support of the development of LED industry in the forefront of the country, thanks to government subsidies, in Guangdong become the country's LED lighting demonstration province at the same time, to a certain extent also affect fair competition in the market.

Guangdong heavily subsidized LED lighting products

The Ministry of finance, development and Reform Commission and the Ministry of science and technology as early as the end of February 2012 issued a financial subsidy scheme is extended to LED indoor lighting products; the State Council is proposed in May arranged 2 billion 200 million yuan to promote energy-saving lamps and LED lamps.

Under the guidance of a series of central policies, the introduction of Guangdong province to promote the use of LED lighting products to implement the program, the full opening of LED lighting applications. Foshan, Dongguan, Zhongshan and other cities are also actively respond to the provincial government policy, the introduction of subsidy programs, and vigorously promote the application of LED lighting products. Foshan, Chancheng, which 15 million subsidy LED lighting products, the highest subsidy of Dongguan single project up to 10 million, LED electricity saving all subsidies.

Guangdong Provincial Department of science and technology development planning office Zhao Jinsong told the agency said in an interview, Guangdong general practice in stimulating LED industry is "promulgated by the provincial quasi lighting demonstration project project, encourage and guide local governments public domain construction, financial expenditure is around the level of government, through the EMC model to promote the LED project. "

Industry associations said LED support so that companies lose market acumen

For a large area of Guangdong province LED subsidy policy, Shenzhen semiconductor industry association secretary general Cai Jinjiang has his own opinion. He believes that the advantages of Guangdong province is a sound market mechanism, and government subsidies to become a double-edged sword, affecting the orderly market competition, so many leading enterprises have lost the market. "

At present, there are 4000 ~ LED enterprises in province, which has become the LED province with no core competitiveness in Guangdong province". He said: PV does not bring pressure on Guangdong, while the LED industry to bring serious pressure on production capacity in Guangdong. "

For the LED subsidy policy, the Shanghai Institute of lighting honorary chairman Zhang Hai is clear: government subsidies should not be given to the enterprise, but should be directly subsidized to the people. "

Government subsidies should shift to developing science and technology teams

For China government subsidies LED leading enterprises, micro semiconductor equipment company global president of Greater China business group general manager Zhu Xinping said: "the government grant does not make Chinese LED internationalized, but less aggressive, exacerbate the adverse market competition, the government should give MOCVD and LED link to cancel subsidies. "

For example, he said, Taiwan will be specially designed High-tech Industrial Park, specializing in the development of science and technology team, and then sell the technology to the enterprise or the transfer of the enterprise, rather than the funds scattered to the enterprise.

In recent years, Guangdong actively introduced policies to support the development of LED industry, in the 12th Five-Year period, the Guangdong provincial government invested 450 million yuan annually to set up a special fund for the development of LED industry. May 2012 release of the Guangdong province to promote the use of LED lighting product implementation plan shows that the size of the province's LED industry in the end of 12th Five-Year will reach 500 billion yuan.