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Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card

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On October 31, 2025, the “Zhiyin Hubei, Light of Jingchu” Hubei Lighting Technology Forum and the 10th Anniversary Celebration of the Hubei Illuminating Engineering Society opened grandly at the Wuhan Jindun Hotel in Chedu. Guided by the China Illuminating Engineering Society and hosted by the Hubei Illuminating Engineering Society, the forum was co-organized by leading provincial lighting institutions including Wuhan University, Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, CITIC Design, and CSCEC Zhongnan Design Institute, and attended by more than 200 leaders, experts, and technical personnel from the national lighting industry.

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card

Photo | At the forum

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card

 

Photo | At the forum

Academic Exchange


The forum invited seven renowned experts from the national lighting industry to deliver technical reports and share insights at the event.Li Wei, Chief Engineer of CITIC Design and an expert receiving the Special Government Allowance of the State Council was invited to attend the forum and opened the event with a keynote titled “Research on the Application of DALI Dimming Systems in the Lighting Design of Command Halls”.

In his presentation, Li Wei shared the design methodology, core technologies, and latest research progress of the DALI dimming system in light of engineering practice, emphasizing that good lighting design requires electrical engineers and building architects to discuss and cooperate closely, striving to achieve “the organic combination of technicality and artistry, the perfect presentation of functionality and charm”. He originally proposed that the design and creation of lighting environments should fully balance “functional needs, cultural connotations, healthy ecology, physical and mental rhythms, green low-carbon, and digital intelligence” six key elements, and elaborated on and analyzed them comprehensively with typical projects as case studies. His design philosophy and innovative thinking sparked broad resonance and deep reflection among the lighting industry experts and audience present.

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card

 

  Photo | Li Wei delivering his keynote speech  

 

Moment of Glory

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Hubei Illuminating Engineering Society, the conference honored the organizations and individuals that have made outstanding contributions to Hubei's lighting industry over the past decade in areas such as technological innovation, results promotion, engineering application, and lighting design.CITIC Design won four individual awards and one engineering award.

Li Wei together with the Deputy Director of the Third Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Design of CITIC Design Ni Kele was honored with the “2015-2025 Hubei Lighting Outstanding Contribution Award” (13 recipients province-wide); engineer Liu Xiaobo and designer Chen Xin of the Third Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Design were honored with the title of “2015-2025 Hubei Outstanding Young Lighting Designer” (10 recipients province-wide); the Nightscape Renovation Design of Hurricane Bay at the Wuhan OCT Ecological Culture Park (Happy Valley) was honored with the “2015-2025 Hubei Lighting Outstanding Engineering Award” (15 recipients province-wide).

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card
Photo | Li Wei (5th from left) and Ni Kele (3rd from right) receiving awards

 

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card
Photo | Trophy of the “2015-2025 Hubei Lighting Outstanding Contribution Award”

 

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card
Photo | Liu Xiaobo (4th from right) and Chen Xin (2nd from right) receiving awards

 

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card
Photo | Trophy of the “2015-2025 Hubei Outstanding Young Lighting Designer” Award

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card

Photo | Award certificate of the “2015-2025 Hubei Lighting Outstanding Engineering Award”

In recent years, CITIC Design has continuously explored and innovated in the field of specialized lighting design, actively embracing opportunities and challenges. Its works have won major industry awards on multiple occasions, fully demonstrating the company's impressive strength and innovation capability.

 

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card
Photo | Nightscape renovation design of Hurricane Bay at the Wuhan OCT Ecological Culture Park (Happy Valley)

 

 

Passing the Torch: Talent Pipeline Development Shines with a New Calling Card
Photo | Building floodlighting design for the supporting project of the National Cybersecurity Talents Training Center

Passing the Torch

 
Congratulating the Hubei Illuminating Engineering Society on Its 10th Anniversary
——Li Wei, Oct 31, 2025
Ten years of brilliance lighting the clouds of Chu,
smart lights blazing brilliantly among the stars.
The great river's moon surges through Zhiyin's waters,
sending new light again to herald the dawn.

Zhiyin Hubei, light of Jingchu. CITIC Design, passing the torch to keep the legacy alive.
 
In the development history of CITIC Design's lighting technology, the formation of core competitiveness in electrical and intelligent systems engineering has benefited from the close collaboration and wisdom inheritance of three generations of engineering professionals — senior, middle-aged, and young. This inheritance mechanism has not only created a virtuous cycle of “experience and wisdom leading the way, technical challenges passed on in relay, and sustained innovation breakthroughs”, but has also built a professional advantage that is hard for peers to replicate, demonstrating the solid foundation and inexhaustible driving force of CITIC Design's “torch passed on from generation to generation, evergreen business”!
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