In sports events, lighting is never a supporting role. High-quality stadium illumination serves as the “light” guarantee for athletic competitions, providing indispensable support to athletes, spectators, and live broadcasts — forming a critical foundation for fairness, visual appeal, and commercial value of the event.
As the 15th National Games approach, how can precise and efficient lighting control be ensured? On the afternoon of the 22nd, the “National Games Year · Guangzhou in Focus” series visited Guangdong Beidou Star Sports Equipment Co., Ltd., one of Guangzhou’s “City Partner” enterprises, unveiling the cutting-edge technological power behind the National Games’ venue lighting systems. It offered an up-close look at how these “City Partners” use intelligence and technology to provide solid technical support and industrial commitment for this grand sporting event.
Delivering a World-Class Level 6 Lighting System for the National Games Venues
The stadium lighting system is a vital component ensuring the smooth operation of sports events, directly impacting athletes’ performance, audience experience, and broadcast quality.
Guangdong Beidou Star Sports Equipment Co., Ltd., which has delivered numerous smart sports flagship projects worldwide, has deeply participated in the renovation and upgrade of over 20 National Games venues — including Tianhe Sports Center, University Town Sports Center, Guangdong Olympic Sports Center, and Bay Area Sports Center — providing professional sports lighting and integrated LED display solutions. All projects have now been completed.
According to He Xinfu, Marketing Director of Guangdong Beidou Star Sports Equipment Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “Huaxia Beidou Star”), the company is committed to delivering world-class, professional LED lighting and display solutions for mid-to-high-end sports events globally. By leveraging LED optoelectronic technology, it deepens the core of sports services through the integration of LED displays, LED sports lighting systems, and intelligent control & operation platforms, creating an immersive atmosphere for sports venues.
After 637 days of technological breakthroughs and 86 rounds of optical experiments on core chips, Huaxia Beidou Star has developed a world-class Level 6 lighting system for the Tianhe Sports Center venue of the National Games, achieving an illuminance uniformity of over 0.9 and shadow concentration below 90%. In addition, technologies such as glare control, light pollution prevention, light shows, intelligent management systems, and energy efficiency have been widely applied across multiple National Games venues. These innovations not only provide technological safeguards for athletes’ safe competition but also, through the fusion of technology and art, deliver dazzling light shows that transform traditional sports events into cultural-sports-tourism integrated carnivals. This marks a new paradigm of “technology empowering cities, light enhancing quality of life.”
He Xinfu remarked that for the past 30 years, high-end sports event lighting has been dominated by European and American brands. Today, Beidou Star has rewritten history with its independently developed smart sports lighting system — not only proving that China has transitioned from follower to leader in sports lighting, but also marking the completion of a closed-loop in domestic localization for key aspects of venue construction.
“Being involved in the 15th National Games — a top-tier national sporting event — represents a national-level recognition of Huaxia Beidou Star’s brand strength, product capability, and service reliability. It is also a high-standard review of Chinese national brands,” said He Xinfo. As a City Partner, Huaxia Beidou Star will drive innovation in green sports, artistic sports, and digital sports, building a globally leading AI + sports lighting system. The company will establish a Green Energy-Saving Task Force to support the Greater Bay Area in achieving its “dual carbon” goals, and build an innovative value matrix integrating “hardware + software + naked-eye 3D + sports presentation.” Through a strategic combination of “technology + green, technology + art, technology + digital,” it aims to contribute wisdom and strength toward making Guangzhou a sports powerhouse city, Guangdong a sports powerhouse province, and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area a world-class bay region.
