On October 21, the 2021 Zigong Manufacturing Industry Investment Promotion "Hundred-Day Tackling" Action (Zhongshan) Special Promotion Conference and Zigong Lantern New Product Launch Conference were held in Zhongshan.At the opening of the 27th Lighting Fair in China (Guzhen), Zigong, the "Southern Light City" and Zhongshan, the "Lighting Capital of China", joined hands with more than 50 companies from the two places to discuss lanterns and cooperation and development plans.
Guzhen Town in Zhongshan have owned complete lighting industry chain, and solid R&D and manufacturing foundation;More than 20 consecutive light fairs have been held, attracting hundreds of thousands of overseas businessmen every year.Zigong has an 800-year history of lanterns. The lantern industry is a characteristic cultural industry with national influence. It has more than 1,000 lantern companies, occupying 80% of the domestic and 90% overseas market share of the lantern show. The exchanges and cooperation between the two cities are inherent Advantage.
In August last year, Fan Bo, Secretary of Zigong municipal Party committee, led Zigong party and government delegation to Zhongshan for investigation and docking, focused on the lantern industry and lighting industry of the two cities, and signed a series of cooperation agreements with lanterns as the medium, which opened a new cooperation situation of complementary advantages and synergy between the two sides. This promotion will once again invite friends and deepen cooperation with lanterns.
In recent years, Zigong Lantern has focused on the technological innovation of the lantern industry and the improvement of the city’s innovation capability and industrial competitiveness, and actively deepened the cross-border integration of "lantern +"and "+ lantern "and work of " Lantern into the community, lantern into the family", improved the consumption level of traditional lantern industry and created a new business form of Lantern industry.More than 200 pieces of lantern cultural and creative products, lighting pendant, home lighting products and urban lighting products have been developed, which have been successively put on the market, and have become dazzling art products in many large-scale exhibitions such as the third China (Shanghai) Import Expo and China brand Expo.Zigong lantern products have also built a three-dimensional sales network system covering online and offline. With the help of mature marketing channels such as Zhongshan Guzhen Town, product sales have also achieved initial results.
At the meeting, the relevant person in charge of the Municipal Bureau of Economy and Information Technology made a recommendation on the investment environment of Zigong.At present, Zigong is carrying out the “100-day tackling” action of attracting investment in the manufacturing industry in accordance with the decisions and deployment of the provincial party committee and the provincial government.This action is centered on the five pillar industries of the province and the Zigong’s five major industries including advanced materials, new energy equipment, drones and general aviation, digital economy, and lantern manufacturing. It targets the Chengdu-Chongqing region, the Yangtze River Delta, the Pearl River Delta, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region and other key regions to carry out investment promotion.Zigong and Zhongshan have a solid foundation for cooperation and strong industrial complementarities. It is hoped that the two cities will give play to their respective comparative advantages, integrate resources, achieve mutual benefit and win-win results, and promote the integrated development of the Zigong lantern industry.
