THE 10,000 LAMPS IN 10 CITIES PROGRAM HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 2 MILLION LAMPS IN 50 CITIES IN ORDER TO EXPAND THE APPLICATION OF
LED STREET LAMPS. ALTHOUGH CHINA, WITH THE LARGEST DOMESTIC DEMAND WORLDWIDE, IS CONSIDERED THE GLOBAL LED INDUSTRYS PRIORITY MARKET FOR LED STREET LAMP, THERE IS STILL A LONG WAY TO GO BEFORE LED STREET LAMPS REACH WIDE ADOPTION. GIVEN THAT LED STREET LAMPS ARE LARGE-SIZE LUMINAIRES, LONG, PRACTICAL TESTS AND WELL-ESTABLISHED STANDARDS SHOULD PRECEDE THE LAUNCH OF A LARGE-SCALE PROMOTION. MOREOVER, IT IS ALMOST TIME TO INSPECT THE RESULTS OF THE LED STREET LAMPS INSTALLED FROM 2009-2011. IF THE RESULTS AND BENEFITS MEET THE EXPECTATIONS, IT WILL STRENGTHEN CHINESE GOVERNMENTS FAITH IN POPULARIZING THE LED STREET LAMPS IN FIRST-TIER CITIES, WHICH WILL BE A CRUCIAL BREAKTHROUGH FOR LED APPLICATIONS.
 
2010 CHINESE LED STREET LIGHT MANUFACTURERS SHIPMENT RATIO
LEDINSIDE, A RESEARCH DIVISION OF TRENDFORCE CORP., BELIEVES THAT LED STREET LAMPS WILL MOST LIKELY SEE THE FASTEST GROWTH RATE IN 2012. IN 2009, THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT PLANNED AND IMPLEMENTED LED STREET LAMP INSTALLATION PROGRAMS IN 21 CITIES, AIMING TO SET UP ONE MILLION LED STREET LAMPS. HOWEVER, SURVEYS SHOWED THAT THE ACTUAL NUMBER OF LED STREET LAMPS INSTALLED IN 2009 WAS LESS THAN 20 PERCENT OF THE PLANNED QUANTITY, FALLING VASTLY SHORT OF TARGETS. AS FOR THE 2 MILLION LAMPS IN 50 CITIES PROGRAM IMPLEMENTED FROM 2010-2012, A ROUGH ESTIMATE SUGGESTS THAT THE NUMBER OF INSTALLEDLED STREET LAMPS REACHES ABOUT 150,000-200,000 AS OF JULY 2011.
