The introduction of policies to strengthen LED industry in South Korea

The South Korean government to actively promote energy-efficient lighting, LED enhanced training to develop a series of industry-related policies in Korea accelerated the popularity of LED lighting intensity. Proposed LED 2012 market share of 8.3% from 2008 to 15%.

South Korea will expand the city as the center's use of LED lighting. As of April 2010, Seoul, South Korea's public sector overall lighting of about 930,000, of which 17% have been replaced with LED lighting, and plans to Seoul by 2020 all public bodies are replaced by lighting LED.

In addition, the South Korean railway departments to spend 80 million won 1.3 billion, scheduled before the end of 2010 will be 200 vehicles to replace energy-saving lighting fixtures LED, then replace the rest of 1800 in stages.

Due to price factors, the current penetration rate of South Korea the average family only 2%. To this end, South Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy plans to farm, residential and shopping streets such as LED lighting for the purchase of an object to provide grants for the private sector to provide large-scale construction called "ESCO" financing.

Han Guozheng energy saving by 2012 the government has planned to invest in chip development, more than 1 trillion won, is also scheduled to the LED lighting industry such as new areas of increased investment in research and development to ensure that South Korea has the world's leading technology.

South Korean government and enterprises to actively develop a policy, but to expand the LED industry, there are four issues. This is the personnel, materials, and reliability to ensure that SMEs and large enterprises as well as the relationship between.