Minor Players, Major Drivers

New batch of “little giants” champions China’s upgraded SME cause

If light is the way to dispel darkness, then Beijingbased Landsky Technology Group Co. Ltd. shows a bright and fascinating way of displaying optical technology. “Light is no longer just for illuminating objects. A well-designed lighting scheme can make people truly sense their surroundings,” Liang Ye, a senior manager at Landsky, told Chinafrica. With this perspective, the hi-tech enterprise in the field of lighting technology has focused its research and development (R&D) efforts on enriching the relationship between light and life, light and space, as well as that between light and nature.

An official provider of the creative light and shadow show services for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, Landsky undertook more than 10 lighting projects, including those of the National Speed Skating Oval, dubbed the Ice Ribbon, and the Olympic Tower in the capital city’s downtown areas.

The team developed an adjustable “bracket” so that the light illuminating all 3,520 sections of the Ice Ribbon could pass through it at the Fibonacci angle, also known as the golden angle for light capture. The innovative achievement won the company the 2021 national utility model patent accolade.

“The keyword is ‘innovation.’ We are committed to presenting top-notch industrial innovation applications,” Liang said.

The pursuit of innovative excellence has also put Landsky among a new generation of startups selected under China’s greater emphasis on cultivating competitive small and medium-sized enterprises (SMES), known as “little giants.” These companies, according to official definition, focus on a niche market and master key technologies with strong innovation capacity. More importantly, the smaller players are likely to become future champions in bottleneck sectors.