The 2026 Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition will be held from June 9 to 12 at the China Import and Export Fair Complex in Guangzhou. With a total exhibition area of 250,000 square meters spanning 25 exhibition halls, this year’s event will bring together over 3,000 exhibitors and is expected to attract more than 170,000 trade visitors. As a bellwether for Asia’s lighting industry, this year’s exhibition is themed “A New Era of Illuminated Living—Dare to Create Our Future, Dare to Surpass,” sending a message that every industry professional should take note of.
1、 Who will stand in the C position among the five major trends?
This year's Guangzhou Lighting Exhibition focuses on five core tracks, each corresponding to the profound changes happening in the lighting industry:
AI lighting: from 'passive dimming' to 'active understanding of you'
The biggest highlight of this year's exhibition is undoubtedly AI lighting. The new generation of AI lighting systems is no longer the primary stage of "smartphone app dimming", but integrates multiple sensors, which can not only capture light and temperature, but also "read" the subtle state of the space atmosphere and people - when you say "I want to read a book", the lights automatically switch to reading mode; You said it's a bit dazzling, and the brightness automatically decreases. It is no longer a preset scene call, but a real-time generated lighting scheme after the system understands the intention.
There will be a large number of companies showcasing the application of AI adaptive lighting, full spectrum healthy light and other technologies in real scenarios at the exhibition site. The AI lighting hall will focus on presenting the future vision of "light as a service". Some exhibitors have stated that this year's AI lighting products are no longer just "concept displays", but mature products that have already been shipped in bulk.
Healthy lighting: from "splicing parameters" to "rolling scenes"
Healthy lighting is another major theme of this exhibition. Top brands have engaged in fierce competition in the field of healthy lighting, extending from a single "eye protection desk lamp" to "whole house healthy lighting environment", with targeted solutions for home, office, education, medical and other scenarios. The education lighting track is particularly noteworthy - many classroom lighting renovation projects are being intensively promoted, and the market demand for high display, low blue light, and flicker free lighting fixtures continues to be strong.
Light and Shadow in Culture and Tourism: From "Illumination" to "Immersion"
The urban and cultural tourism space exhibition area focuses on "technology+culture+sustainability". The traditional "selling light" mode has been completely broken, replaced by immersive light and shadow devices that combine holographic projection, interactive light and shadow, dynamic tracking and other technologies. With the continuous rise of night tourism economy, "immersive" cultural and tourism lighting with content creativity and integration capabilities is becoming a new growth pole.
Smart Agriculture: A New Blue Ocean of Cross border Integration
The establishment of the "Bio Optics and Smart Agriculture Special Zone" for the first time at this exhibition is a major highlight. With the core curation concept of "product scenarization and industrial ecologicalization", the exhibition focuses on showcasing the latest technologies in fields such as plant lighting, home gardening, and facility agriculture. The plant lighting market is in a period of rapid growth, and LED is replacing traditional light sources with its advantages of adjustable spectrum, high luminous efficiency, and long lifespan.
Green and Low Carbon: From "Slogans" to "Hard Targets"
The new energy efficiency regulations have been officially implemented on June 1st, and road lighting LED lamps must meet the new energy efficiency standards. Products with energy efficiency below level 3 will be directly eliminated. At this exhibition, green solutions such as high efficiency and energy conservation, solar lighting, and recyclable materials will become standard display content for exhibitors. Green and low-carbon are no longer "bonus points", but "admission tickets".
2、 What are you looking for at the exhibition? Three major transformations are happening
From 'selling items' to' selling plans'
It's hard to see a booth with only one light on at this year's exhibition. Whether it is AI lighting systems, healthy lighting environment solutions, or overall solutions for cultural and tourism lighting, enterprises are emphasizing "scene sense" and "experience sense". This means that the competitive logic in the lighting industry is undergoing a fundamental shift - no longer competing on parameters and prices, but on system integration capabilities and scene understanding capabilities.
From "Lighting" to "Light Applications"
The boundaries of the exhibition are expanding. The emergence of the bio optics and smart agriculture zone indicates that the application scenarios of "light" have extended from traditional "illumination" to broader fields such as "planting", "medical care", and "elderly care". Lighting companies are no longer just "sellers of lights", but "providers of light application solutions".
From 'looking at products' to' looking at trends'
For procurement, engineering, and distributors, the significance of visiting Guangya Exhibition is not only to see new products, but also to judge the direction of the industry in the next 3-5 years. What types of products are appearing in clusters? What type of technology is iterating rapidly? Which type of solution is most commonly adopted by enterprises? These signals are more intuitive and authentic than any industry report.
Summary
Guangzhou Lighting Exhibition is an annual gathering of the lighting industry and an important window for judging the direction of the industry. The five major trends of AI lighting moving from concept to product, health lighting shifting from parameter matching to scene rolling, cultural and tourism lighting upgrading from illumination to immersion, smart agriculture moving from the edge to mainstream, and green low-carbon from slogan to hard indicator are happening simultaneously.
For procurement, engineering, and distributors, it may be helpful to ask a few more questions during the exhibition: Is the AI of this product real or "fake intelligence"? What are the delivery standards for healthy lighting? What is the system integration capability of cultural and tourism projects? What is the PPE data for plant lighting? Does the product meet the standards under the new energy efficiency regulations? The more detailed the questions, the more capable suppliers can be screened out.
See you in Guangzhou from June 9th to 12th.