GILE 2025 opens next week, launching “illuminnovation lab” to inspire new perspectives in lighting

The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition (GILE) will celebrate its 30th anniversary, marking three decades of connecting industry professionals and inspiring lighting innovation. To commemorate this milestone, GILE is launching the “illuminnovation lab”, a platform designed to foster collaboration and unite various stakeholders. The lab will facilitate exploration of lighting technology integration across multiple fields, uncovering new possibilities and driving growth in the industry.

GILE 2025, themed “Light for Life”, will be held from 9th – 12th June in Areas A and B of the China Import and Export Fair Complex. The exhibition will take place concurrently with Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology (GEBT), covering a total area of 250,000 sqm, and featuring 3,188 exhibitors showcasing the latest advancements in lighting. This year’s focus is on “Light-enhanced Living”, examining diverse lighting applications across various sectors.

Each hall is dedicated to a distinct theme: Hall 6.1 will reflect the show’s theme “Light for Life”, highlighting innovative lighting applications in daily life. Hall 8.1 focuses on visual displays in cultural tourism, demonstrating how lighting enhances the appeal of this sector. Hall 3.2 explores advanced applications of light in smart agriculture, while Hall 9.2 features intelligent lighting and health ecosystems, addressing the impact of light on human health and related intelligent solutions. Hall 10.1 includes the Trendy Living Home Lighting Design Hall and the Luce e Design Aesthetic Design Hall, setting the trends in home lighting design.

In addition, Halls 1.1 to 5.1 and 7.1 will feature lighting solutions for urban and architectural spaces as well as cultural and tourism spaces, which cover architectural, road, and landscape lighting. Halls 1.2 to 4.2 will showcase new-quality lighting products and technologies, including equipment, materials, lighting accessories, electronic components, chips, packaging, modules, full-spectrum solutions, and power drive technologies. Halls 9.1, 10.2 to 11.2, 9.3 to 10.3, and 11.1 to 13.1, will focus on innovations in commercial and home lighting, introducing products and concepts related to lighting sources, intelligent lighting, and decorative design.

Through this comprehensive and detailed exhibition plan, GILE aims to create an integrated platform for display, communication, and collaboration, helping the lighting industry advance into a new stage of development.

Launch of “illuminnovation lab”: A new era of light-enhanced living
In April, GILE and Guangzhou Alighting IoT & Technology Co Ltd launched the “illuminnovation lab” with an event in Zhongshan, China, themed “Lifestyle Aesthetics and Trendy Spaces”, focusing on lighting aesthetics and custom lighting concepts. In May, the second event, “Good House, Good Lighting”, explored health-focused “lighting formulas” and emotional “lighting values”.

GILE will host over 100 exclusive sessions, offering opportunities for the lighting industry to expand and integrate resources across trade, design, e-commerce, branding, and international outreach. These events are organised into five main categories, fostering innovation and collaboration.

Design Engineering Channel: “illuminnovation lab”
During the show, the “illuminnovation lab” covers four areas: hotels, commercial spaces, wellness, and residential environments, tailoring lighting design to meet each sector’s unique needs. Below are the key highlights:

Hotel Lab
Focus: Lighting curated to elevate guest experiences and create distinctive atmospheres within hotel spaces.

• 9 June (Hall 6.1, Booth A01): Light Space Symbiosis: Empowering Hotel Design and Envisioning the Future
• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth A01): Lighting the Future: Innovation Trends in Hotel Lighting Design

Commercial Space Lab
Focus: Using lighting to influence consumer emotions and behaviors.

• 9 June (Hall 6.1, Booth J01): Deconstructing Youth-centric Commerce
• 9 June (Hall 6.1, Booth G10): Commercial Lighting Reinvented

Home Space Lab
Focus: The impact of lighting on aesthetics, ambience, and emotional well-being.

• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth J01): Light + Healthy Homes Conference 2025
• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth B05): Quality of Life
• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth A01): Light – Home Symbiosis: Exploring the Infinite Possibilities of Future Home Life
• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth J01): Light and Shadow New Ecology: The Emotional and Commercial Value of Pan-Home Exhibition Spaces

Wellness Lab
Focus: Advancing data-driven “light health” applications for physiological and psychological well-being.

• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth J01): Light Healing Coexistence – Smart Care for the Future
• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth B05): Light × Co-Living: Rental Housing Lighting Upgrades Conference
• 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth H97): Good House – Healthy Building, Healthy Lighting
• 11 June (Hall 6.1, Booth H97): Inspiration Discussion

Design & engineering channels
These forums and conferences explore the intersection of lighting with design, architecture, and culture, highlighting both international and local innovation.

• 9 – 11 June (Hall 10.1, Booth E26): Luce e Design International Aesthetics Forum
• 9 – 12 June (Hall 8.1, Area A): Cultural and Tourism Visual Conference
• 9 – 10 June (Room 2): Asia Lighting Art Forum by AALD

Commercial channels
These events focus on market recognition, business matchmaking, and distributor development, strengthening the industry’s commercial foundation.

• 9 June (Hall 9.2, Booth A73): 2025 National Top 100 Commercial Space Engineering Service Providers Award Ceremony
• 9 June (Hall 6.1, Booth B05): Matchmaking Private Meeting: Engineering Lighting Manufacturers
• 10 June (Hall 9.2, Booth A73): Seeking 100 Next-Gen Distributors and Launch of the 2025 “Top 100 List”
• 10 June (Hall 10.2, Booth G10): GILE Collaborates with the Lighting Community
• 9 – 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth B05): Emerging City Distributors Conference

E-commerce and new media channels
These sessions highlight digital transformation, marketing innovation, and the evolving role of e-commerce in the lighting industry.

• 9 June (Hall 6.1, Booth H97): “Thousands of Lights — Lighting Renovation Project”
• 9 – 10 June (Hall 6.1, Booth H97): Yang’s Lighting Events
  • Yang’s – New Media – New Marketing Power
  • Yang’s Aesthetics of Life – Lamps and Lighting
  • Yang’s – New Media Goes Global

Cutting-edge technology
Featuring forums and summits on smart agriculture, display technologies, energy storage, and AI, these events drive industry leadership in emerging technology.

• 9 – 11 June (Meeting Rooms 3 & 4, Area A): Guangya Digital Intelligence Forum in Agriculture
• 10 – 11 June (Hall 4.2): 2025 LED Display Application Analysis and MLED Commercialisation Summit
• 10 June (Hall 13.2): 2025 Global User-Side Energy Storage Industry Value Summit
• 11 June (Hall 9.2, Booth A73): Seminar on Opportunities and Challenges in the Semiconductor Lighting Industry in the Age of AI

Brand announcements
These events celebrate industry achievements and milestones, setting benchmarks for quality and innovation.

• Alighting Award
  The 13th Alighting Award Ceremony and Forum (“Light + AI”) honoring global innovation in products, design, and engineering.
• Opening Ceremony and Brand Announcement Conference for GILE 2025
  Celebrating 30 years of industry evolution, reflecting on market advancements in landscape, industrial, and medical lighting, and reaffirming the industry’s enduring mission.

To mark this exhibition’s significant step forward, Ms Lucia Wong, General Manager of Messe Frankfurt (HK) Ltd commented: “For 30 years, GILE has reflected the growth of the lighting industry and demonstrated the dedication of lighting professionals. Moving forward, we will continue to organise the ‘illuminnovation lab’ across the country with renewed enthusiasm and a strong commitment to our goals. Our aim is to promote a vibrant lighting industry, inject new energy into its development, and create a better lighting environment for everyone. Let us move forward together towards a brighter future for the lighting industry.”

The Guangzhou International Lighting Exhibition and Guangzhou Electrical Building Technology will be held concurrently. Both shows are part of Messe Frankfurt’s Light + Building Technology fairs headed by the biennial “Light + Building” event. The next edition will be held from 8th – 13th March 2026 in Frankfurt, Germany.