Solar & Decorative Lighting Manufacturers in China
Updated August 2026
Production clusters in Guangdong, home to 38% of the 308 manufacturers here with a recorded location, followed by Zhejiang at 19%. They are spread across 85 cities. The average factory in this category was registered in 2009, and the longest-running dates to 1958. Median registered capital is ¥5.2m — the subscribed figure, which is not always the amount paid in.
- Manufacturers
- 308
- Cities
- 85
- Avg. founded
- 2009
- Median capital
- ¥5.2m
Where these manufacturers are
Leading cities
Recorded credentials
- 6 recorded as customs-registered
- Registration with China Customs lets a factory export in its own name rather than through an agent. We hold this flag for part of the catalog only, so treat it as a positive signal where present rather than as a complete list.
- 136 recorded as High-Tech Enterprise
- A Chinese government status carrying tax benefits, granted on R&D spending and patents held. It indicates in-house development rather than assembly.
308 manufacturers
Ordered by how much of the factory's product line falls in this category — specialists first, not by who paid.
Buying solar & decorative lighting from China
Written from the sourcing work we do, not from the suppliers listed above.
- How do you tell a real manufacturer from a trading company?
- SMT for boards, ageing racks, and an integrating sphere. The sphere is the tell: real lighting factories measure their own lumen output rather than repeating the chip maker’s figure.
- What certification is needed to import solar & decorative lighting into the EU or US?
- The EU requires CE under the Low Voltage and EMC directives with RoHS, plus ErP efficiency limits and the EU energy label; ENEC is the mark buyers ask for commercially. The US uses UL 1993 or 8750, FCC Part 15B, and DLC or ENERGY STAR listing where rebates matter.
- What order minimums and tooling costs should I expect?
- Typically 500–2,000 pieces, with driver and housing tooling dominating the first-order cost.
- What goes wrong most often in this category?
- Overstated lumen output and CRI, and drivers that fail long before the LEDs do. Ask for LM-80 data on the chip and the driver’s own datasheet — a fixture-level claim tells you nothing about which part will fail.
Related categories
Trade shows for electronics & electrical
Where this trade exhibits. A fair is still the fastest way to meet twenty solar & decorative lighting suppliers in a day.
- ELEXCONShenzhen25 Aug 2026
- MAISON SHANGHAIShanghai7 Sept 2026
- CIOF - CHINA INTERNATIONAL OPTICS FAIRBeijing8 Sept 2026
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