Wu Ling

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Wu Ling
Director of Beijing LED Illumination Technology Promotion Center
Secretary-General of China Solid State Lighting Alliance (CSA)
专访北京半导体照明科技促进中心主任
国家半导体照明工程研发及产业联盟秘书长
吴玲
CSA Secretary-General (from 2004) and Director of Beijing LED Illumination
吴玲，自2003年起任北京半导体照明科技促进中心主任，
Technology Promotion Center (from 2003), responsible for the coordination and
2004年任国家半导体照明工程研发及产业联盟（CSA）秘书长，
liaison for the Semiconductor Lighting Standardization Panel Group, and managing to
set up standardization coordination and facilitation workgroup together with technical
committees and testing agencies.
组织参与由科技部等部门成立的半导体照明标准工作指导委员
会的协调联络工作，联合相关标委会和检测机构等成立了标准化
Ms. Wu Ling took seat in 2009 as the standing director of China Materials
协调推进工作组。2009年出任中国材料研究学会常务理事、中国
Research Society, China Illuminating Engineering Society and China Industry-
照明学会常务理事、中国产学研促进会常务理事、海峡两岸LED照
University-Research Institute Collaboration Association, and the workgroup leader
for Cross-Straits LED Lighting Cooperation Project. She was elected the first Chair
of ISA in 2010 and elected the President of the State Key Laboratory of Solid State
明合作项目工作组组长。2010年被推选成为国际半导体照明联盟
（ISA）第一届主席。2011年, 吴玲女士被推选为半导体照明联合
Lighting. In 2012, Wu Ling as a member of the LED Lighting Standards Leadership
创新国家重点实验室理事长。2012年，任半导体照明标准领导小
Panel helped promoting the founding of CSA standardization committee to support the
组专家组专家，推动成立CSA 标准化委员会，支持开展半导体照
alliance standardization of solid state lighting field and explore standardization system
and mechanism innovation. In 2014, she is elected the first President of the Beijing
Innovation Alliance.
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明联盟标准化工作，探索标准化机制体制创新。2014年，当选为
首都创新大联盟的首届理事长。
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Ms. Wu Ling takes part in the Expert Workshop for the Lighting Renovation Project of the Great Hall of the People.
China Standardization: We know that this year marks
institutions and other interested parties, and has gradually
the 10th anniversary of the founding of China Solid
nourished and developed favorable collaborative relations among
State Lighting Alliance (CSA). Looking back, would you
the various stakeholders.
talk about the origin of CSA and its important role in the
However, at the beginning or the infancy period of the
development of the LED industry? What has been done
domestic LED industry, restricted by the scale, strengthen and
and achieved in the last decade?
disorder of LED enterprises, the industry was distressed by the
intense international competitions and tended to pursue common
Wu Ling: The Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
development through collaboration. In 2004, under the support of
launched the “National Solid State Lighting Programme” in 2003,
MOST, 46 enterprises, research institutes and universities once
and started relevant research arrangements at the national level.
involved in relevant technology programmes jointly initiated the
To coordinate the implementation of such national programme,
China Solid State Lighting Alliance (CSA) on the “voluntary,
an explorative mode of third-party management of national
equal and collaborative” basis, with its secretariat arranged at the
tech nological program mes was adopted and Beijing New
Promotion Center. The founding of CSA has vigorously facilitated
Material Technology Promotion Center (renamed to Beijing LED
the cooperation in both the horizontal (industry, university,
Illumination Technology Promotion Center in 2009) as a private
institutes) and the vertical (upper, middle and lower levels of the
non-profit organization was assigned to have created the Project
industry chain) dimensions, playing an efficient coordinative role
Management Office for LED Lighting. The office in its practical
for the industrial development.
management has focused on integrating the industry, university,
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etc., now with nearly 700 patents of which 47.6 percent are
invention patents.
In addition, CSA has built up a portal platform (http://www.
china-led.org) to provide information services for the industry,
research instit utes, investors, gover nments, agencies and
overseas bodies; maintained the publication of two professional
journals; hosted the largest international forum on LED – China
International Exhibition and Forum on Solid State Lighting
(CHINASSL) which attracts over 1,000 participants; cultivated
over 3,000 talents at different levels and claimed the first
certificated organization of the industry by the Ministry of Human
Resources and Social Security to authorize skill talents. CSA has
also strived to spread the application of LED products through
a number of LED lighting pilot and demonstration projects such
as “ten city and ten thousand LED lamps”, the Great Hall of the
People, Beijing Olympics, Shanghai Expo, etc.
In 2010, CSA initiated and organized the International Sold
State Lighting Alliance (ISA) – the first China-based international
organization for strategic emerging industries, unanimously
voted as the chair and started the voluntary LED products quality
certification together with CQM.
In 2012, CSA was approved by MOST to organize the
construction of the national key laboratory for LED lighting
collaboration and innovation, the first of its kind supported
the MOST Project Management Office for LED Lighting and
by an industry alliance, to create a global open research and
developed the MOST special plans for LED lighting for 2001-
development platform incorporating diversified inputs through
2005, 2006-2010 and 2011-2015; taken part in the drafting of the
contractual means, ownership and usership of resources and
ministerial opinions and planning for LED lighting and energy
participation of the industry.
conservation industry led by National Development and Reform
So far, CSA boasts several digits that are worthy to note: above
Commission (NDRC) and other five ministries (administrations);
70 percent of the industry output, more than 450 members and
supported by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the Stat Council and
over 20 listed enterprises including the top four of the traditional
NDRC to actively promote the cross-straits technology and
lighting field, top five of the international organizations, top five
industry cooperation as the workgroup leader of the “Cross-Straits
of Taiwan enterprises and top ten of the domestic inspection
LED Lighting Cooperation Project”. The alliance also helped
bodies, etc. CSA now has a professional team of over 100
over 20 provincial or municipal governments to develop the local
talents working in the fields of technological research projects
LED Lighting Industry Development and Base Building Plans,
management, technical development and results marketization,
and signed strategic cooperation agreements with the provincial
standards development and accreditation, patents promotion,
technology department of Guangdong, Wujin National High-
industrial research, enterprise consulting, human resource service,
Tech Development Zone of Changzhou to build up branch centers
information communication, convention and exhibition and
and research bases in Foshan and Changzhou. Besides, CSA has
market channel expansion. CSA was valued as the first place of
innovated the management of intellectual property rights in this
the top level in the MOST pilot alliance comprehensive assessment
field by creating “patents pool” to manage patents operations
in 2013.
th rough general author ization and par tial author ization,
acquisition and investment, patents cooperation and membership,
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China Standardization: CSA constantly at tache s
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high importance to the standardization work, and has
industry and the alliance thanks to the enthusiasm of enterprises
particularly joined with organizations concerned to
as indicated by the courting of Zhaga about the specific interface
create standardization coordination and promotion
standards; the f irst technical specif ication on accelerated
workgroups and standardization committee, making
depreciation testing method released by ISA comes from the
very effective progress in facilitating the research,
alliance standards by CSA. Second, the interaction of technical
development and implementation of alliance standards.
innovation, standards development and industry application
Would you tell us what kind of role the standardization
under the alliance mode could play an important leading role in
work has played in the development of the LED industry
guiding the industrial technical innovation and development. For
and the alliance? What are the characteristics and
instance, CSA 016-2014, Interface requirements for application of
advantages of alliance standardization? How about the
LED lighting: Street/tunnel light consisting of LED module with
popularization and application of alliance standards?
heatsink and separated control gear, provides solutions for the
universal application and replacement of outdoor LED lighting
Wu Ling: In the earlier development stage of LED lighting, as
modules and control devices, which helps the industry reducing
the technology matures gradually, CSA has developed technical
the cost and period of research and development, promoting the
specifications for multiple application products to ensure the
research and development efficiency, strengthening the industrial
smooth implementation of the pilot and demonstration projects in
overall coordination, alleviating the storage pressures and entering
which the specifications have been referred as technical guidelines
into a benign recycling of the industry’s sustainable development.
by institutions in the development of relevant standards. CSA has
CSA 020-2013, Accelerating depreciation test method for LED
enhanced the alliance standardization working mechanism when
lighting products, shortens the testing time of 6000-hour lumen
its standardization committee is established so as to actively cope
maintenance to less than 2000 hours, playing a key facilitating
with the fast technological progress.
role in promoting products quality, shortening the period of
The standardization work has a key role to play in two
aspects: First, standardization notably increases the impact of the
developing new products, cutting cost and enhancing industrial
competitiveness.
Ms. Wu participates in the cooperation and exchange of Taiwan and the Mainland in the standardization sector.
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The Leaders from MOST visit the State Key Laboratory of Solid State Lighting.
The national standardization development plan (2011-2015) and
alliance standards. The several hundred enterprises involved in
the special planning for technological development of technical
developing alliance standards have largely ensured the adoption
standards (2011-2015) both put forward concrete requirements for
of alliance standard in the industry. For example, the interface
the alliance standardization work. The existing standardization
standard CSA 016 has been applied in over 300,000 road and
system is incapable of satisfying the market needs of technical
tunnel lamps enterprises, while the number is still increasing.
innovation and application of the emerging industry due to the
Second, carry out diverse exchanges and cooperation with
long turnover time of the creation of governmental industrial
domestic standards developers, certification and testing bodies,
standards from project approval to standards release, while alliance
research institutes and associations, etc. It is key to make alliance
standards as a new pattern have a bigger role to play considering
standards accessible to certification and testing bodies, for CSA,
its advantages in ter ms of technical advancement, shor ter
securing research and standardization cooperation with Taiwan,
development cycle, market responsiveness and flexibility in dealing
Guangdong, Shanghai, Zhejiang and so forth, for example,
with intellectual property issues.
publishes technical specifications jointly with TOSIA, converting
Based on our practice, the popularization and application of
alliance standards into the provincial standards of Guangdong for
alliance standards may be well perceived in the following three
better application among local enterprises, Shanghai municipal
aspects:
commission for construction and transportation referring alliance
First, encourage enterprises to participate and develop and use
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standards as the biding documents.
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Third, in terms of international standardization, CSA has built
committee (CSAS) to carry out standardization work in an “open,
up good cooperative relationship with ISA, CIE, EPA, Lamar
transparent and harmonized” manner, promising to gradually
University, VDI, Delft University of Technology, Technische
improve the development and revision of alliance standards by
Universität Darmstadt and other international partners to facilitate
complying with the published chapter, management and working
international influence. CSA also works on upgrading the alliance
procedures. As of May 2014, CSA published an overall of 26
standards as the voluntary technical specification of ISA to
alliance standards, with 5 more being developed. Three of the
promote the application of such standards in emerging market like
released alliance standards, including road lighting interface
Russia and India.
standard and testing standard for luminous influx accelerating
depreciation, are listed by NDRC and SAC into the “100 energy
China Standardization: What substantive progress has
efficiency standards”. Now CSA is leading the development of
CSA achieved? What is the main focus? What does
4 national standards, and participating in 3 national standards,
standardization bring to the alliance?
primarily building up the working mechanism of converting
alliance standards into national standards.
Wu Ling: In September 2012, CSA established its standardization
In 2013, supported by SAC, CSA was assigned the group
CSA Secretariat Staff
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leader of the domestic counterpart to the newly established ISO/
developmental needs and greatly improves the service capability
TC 274, assuming the research and voting work for international
of alliance toward the industrial development.
standards documents and organizing the related work of Chinese
delegates and technical units. In the ISA/TCS, two standards
China Standardization: What kind of challenges have
documents proposed by CSA has become the draft for ISA
you met in the development and implementation of
voluntary specifications, one of which has already been published,
alliance standards? How do you expect and vision the
increasing the global impact of CSA alliance standards.
standardization work of CSA?
Alliance in itself is a platform for industrial cooperation and
communication, while standardization is the important reflection
Wu Ling: In the current standardization system in our country,
of its significance. The interaction of technical innovation,
most standards in addition to enterprises are governmental
standards development and industry application under the alliance
standards. Alliance standards to some extent represent a logical
mode plays an important leading role in guiding the industrial
reflection of the development of the market-based economy and
technical innovation and development. The development and
technological researches. China’s GDP experiences an annual
promotion of standard and technical documents relating to
growth rate of 10 percent, but the international standards led by
the LED technical innovation further satisfies the industrial
us makes less than 0.5 percent. It is the demand of the market for
Ms. Wu, together with Chinese LED leading experts, visits the LED Headquarter of SAMSUNG.
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Wu Ling attends the Workshop and Technical Seminar on LED Lighting Standards.
China to find a way that is suitable for the domestic industrial
requires innovative management system. So we should fully
development and gives express to the role of the market itself.
understand the driving and restricting role of standardization for
However, currently alliance standards are treated with double
the industry. The research and application, both in its extensity
standards in China: foreign alliance standards are recognized
and depth, of LED lighting in China is reaching the top level of
while domestic alliance standards are denied in terms of its
the industry internationally, and the global standardization has
legitimacy. So the main challenge for the development and
evolved from superpowers to multi-polarization in general. In
implementation of alliance standards is about how to remove such
China, we hope that alliance standards would be integrated into
peripheral resistance through reforms to free and regulate the
the national standards system with a defined legal status and
development of alliance standardization.
be popularized to the market with endorsed support from the
Alliance standards as a kind of standardization behavior may
government. The institutional innovations also provide favorable
find its root cause from the industry, and also there is a major
chances for us to alter from being passively involved to proactive
challenge for it to maintain its vitality and sustainability in this
participation in the LED standards development at the global
diversified competitive situation of standards organizations. To
level.
support the sound and fast development of strategic emerging
CSA standardization committee will also better serve the
industries, it is pivotal for alliance standardization to improve its
alliance members with their standardization strategy based on the
strengths which in turn represent the industrial competitiveness
needs of technological innovation and industrial development,
by constructing a favorable industrial eco-system through such
actively support and tone with the national and international
means as keeping pace with the industrial development, sticking
standardization work, expand the cooperation and exchange with
to market orientation, driven by technical innovation, dedicated to
foreign and domestic standards organizations, and build up itself
cultivation of new business patterns and construction of industrial
into a standardization collaboration and communication platform
chain, market-based promotion, etc.
with national and international influence.
LED lighting as a revolutionary and fast-growing industry
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