July 30, 2010, Philips (China) Investment Co., Ltd. donated to the value of Enshi nearly 60 million energy-saving lamps. State Committee of the Standing Committee, United Front Work Department Li Ji, vice governor Yang Shang Bao, State Vice Chairman of the Democratic National Construction Association chairman Tan Jianjun Enshi, state president of Charity Federation of Trade Unions, former state secretary Hu Yi, the mayor of Qin Bin, Chairman of Municipal Political Consultative Conference Liu Yu, Philips (China) Investment Co., Ltd. lighting, Ye Ming, director of the International Liaison Department, attended the ceremony. It is reported that a total donation of 10,084 energy-saving lamps to resolve Enshi, 41 cities of Icheon, welfare and poverty-stricken village of Enshi six energy-efficient lighting problems. The Philips Enshi poor families to donate energy-saving lamps is not only a national implementation of energy saving, green community called for the establishment of the response and support, to help improve the local environment and the poor people of lighting an important measure of quality of life.
The use of energy efficient lighting can greatly reduce worldwide energy consumption and reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions. Thus a more energy efficient replacement of incandescent lighting products have become a global trend, the European Union, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea and other laws and regulations have developed out of incandescent lamps. In China, the National Development and Reform Commission and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Global Environment Facility (GEF) co-operation also launched the "China to phase out incandescent light, speed up the promotion of energy-saving lamps" project. Began in 2008, the National Development and Reform Commission started in the whole society to promote efficient lighting products, financial subsidies to the project, high quality lighting products offer energy-saving step to help people, the pace of energy saving.
As a global leader in the lighting industry, Philips is working to promote the whole society to convert energy efficient solutions. People in poor areas to help improve the lighting environment and quality of life, the awareness of energy saving deep into remote areas, in support of the State Development and Reform Commission, Philips Lighting since last year's trip to Green Light and Love arrived in western China many of the city. Poor and the environment from the harsh climate of Tibet's farmers and herdsmen region home to the old revolutionary base areas of low-income families in Ansai County of Shaanxi Province, Gansu and then set the local farmers and schools in the West, Philips energy-saving lighting products of high quality people to bring the western region the warm green light.
The Philips line of the green light to reach the western Hubei Province, Enshi, poor families will improve the local quality of home lighting, and improve people's awareness of environmental protection to contribute to energy conservation. Enshi Autonomous Prefecture of Hubei Province is the only minority and the western development strategy into the national scope of the region. In recent years, in order to accelerate the development of Enshi Commission, the state government proposed the "read the landscape through, playing advantage battle, sing the characteristics of play" development ideas, the development of pillar industries in the rural characteristics, and developing distinctive national culture and tourism resources, speed up the backbone of industry characteristics development, focusing on the development of tobacco, energy, medicine, building materials, such as the five pillars of green food rich in selenium industry. Enshi city in the province last year, the county ranked in the comprehensive economic, leap over the previous year 30, into the bit rate ranked first in the province. 53% growth in industrial output value, industrial added value grew by 78.8%, has taken shape in water energy, machinery manufacturing, mineral building materials, pharmaceuticals and chemical industry cluster, and form a unique base of 120 million mu of farm products, live pigs for 3 consecutive years become a big tune County. In addition, western Hubei Enshi has become the core of ecological and cultural tourism circle plate, was named "China Excellent Tourism City."
Linliang Qi, general manager of Greater China, Philips Lighting, said: "environmental responsibility and social responsibility is an important aspect of sustainable development in Philips. Philips will improve the quality of life as their long-term commitment and effort, not only to innovation technology provides more quality lighting solutions, but also actively committed to social responsibility, especially to help people in poor areas to improve quality of life. Philips hopes the city's poor areas in the western light green light for local residents to send to warm, but also to establish its green low-carbon of a western way, so the concept of energy saving in China, the width of the western territories, take root. "
