Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic

What Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic does

Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic Co., Ltd. (东莞勤上光电股份有限公司) is a Shenzhen-listed (002638) Chinese manufacturer founded in 1994, headquartered in Dongguan, Guangdong. The company has accumulated 31 years of LED industry experience, transitioning from small-power LEDs (1998) to high-power LEDs (mass production in 2007), and pivoting in 2017 to focus on smart city, outdoor lighting, and landscape lighting as core businesses. It claims to be the first A-share listed company primarily engaged in high-power LED lighting in China.

Kingsun operates as an end-to-end smart city solutions provider anchored on intelligent street light poles as the perception network backbone. Its technology stack centers on the KICT multi-protocol fusion platform supporting LoRa, NB-IoT, Zigbee, CAT.1, PLC, and Wi-Fi via its proprietary KS-IOT protocol, with DeepSeek LLM integration for AI-assisted strategy. The product portfolio spans smart poles, i·box edge computing smart boxes, V2X vehicle-road-cloud integration systems (edge computing units, RSU, OBU, millimeter-wave radar, traffic signal controllers), Apollo-series high-power LED street and arena lights, Galaxy-series tunnel lights, and a broad landscape lighting line. It holds 183+ granted patents (47 invention patents), CNAS-accredited lab, postdoctoral research workstation, and Class I City/Road Lighting Engineering qualification.

The business model is project-based direct sales via public tender to government and large enterprise customers, with primary segments being municipal urban management, comprehensive smart city solutions, highway/tunnel operators, real estate/commercial, and digital village deployments. Revenue streams include hardware sales of LED lighting products, smart city system integration projects (e.g., ¥318M Shenzhen-Shanwei smart transport project), EMC (Energy Management Contract) managed services where customers pay from energy savings (e.g., Jinzhong ¥24.94M/year over 15 years; Wenchang ¥58.99M), and post-project O&M services. Distribution combines regional sales offices across China (Shanghai, Wuhan, Hefei, Xi'an), an international marketing center, strategic channel partnerships (Inspur Smart City, China Tower, China Telecom Guangdong, Zhejiang Telecom), and joint bidding consortiums for EMC projects. The company serves 100+ countries and regions with named customers including People's Great Hall, Hangzhou Asian Games venues, Beijing Daxing Airport, Shenzhen Expressway (120km), Hangzhou Xiaoshan digital village, and multiple municipal governments.

Name

Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic

Legal name

东莞勤上光电股份有限公司

Website

https://kingsun-china.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

1994

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1,001–5,000 employees

Short description

Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic is a Shenzhen-listed Chinese manufacturer of high-power LED lighting and integrated smart city solutions (street poles, V2X systems, KICT platform), primarily serving municipal governments via tender-based project sales and EMC contracts across 100+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

LED Lighting & Smart City Solutions

NAICS

Commercial, Industrial, and Institutional Electric Lighting Fixture Manufacturing (335132), Electric Lamp Bulb and Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing (335139)

SIC

Electric Lighting & Wiring Equipment (3640), Auto Controls For Regulating Residential & Comml Environments (3822)

akta.pro primary industry

Outdoor & Area Lighting (Street, Roadway, Parking, Flood, Sports/Architectural exterior) (IMAGAIAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Lighting Controls & Building Integration (Drivers, sensors, dimming, lighting control panels, networked lighting) (IMAGAIAI), Lighting Controls & Smart Lighting Systems (BPABAGAC), Road Lighting & Visibility Safety Systems (Street Lighting, High-Mast, LED Upgrades, Solar Beacons) (TLAJAGAD)

Keywords

• LED lighting products
• Smart city solutions
• Intelligent street lighting
• Vehicle-road cloud V2X
• Landscape lighting systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Dongguang

HQ country

China

HQ region

Asia

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Technology or R&D, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. LED照明产品销售: 销售LED路灯、隧道灯、景观照明、大空间照明等各类LED照明产品。产品涵盖阿波罗系列高杆灯/场馆灯、银河系列隧道灯、极光/极星系列景观灯具等多个产品线。
2. 智慧城市系统集成项目: 承接智慧城市整体解决方案项目，包括智慧灯杆平台、智慧交通、智慧城管、智慧安防、智慧照明等系统集成。典型项目如深汕特别合作区智慧交通项目（3.18亿元）。
3. EMC合同能源管理: 通过合同能源管理模式获取路灯节能改造项目，客户以节省的电费支付项目投资。典型项目包括清远市LED路灯改造项目（节电率超50%）、晋中市智慧路灯节能改造项目（2493.96万/年，服务期15年）、海南文昌市项目（5898.88万元）。
4. 智慧城市运营维护服务: 为已完成建设的智慧城市项目提供长期运营维护服务，包括设备运维、数据管理、系统升级等服务。

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic is a high-power LED lighting manufacturer and integrated smart city solutions provider. It designs, manufactures and sells LED street lights, tunnel lights, area lighting, landscape lighting, high-mast/arena lighting, and intelligent street light poles integrating surveillance, environmental sensing, information displays, 5G micro-stations and EV charging. The company also delivers turnkey smart city systems covering smart transportation (vehicle-road-cloud V2X), smart city management, smart security, smart campus and digital village projects.

Product overview

Dongguan Kingsun Optoelectronic (勤上光电) is a high-power LED lighting and smart city comprehensive solutions provider listed on Shenzhen Stock Exchange (stock code: 002638). The company's product portfolio comprises a unified smart city platform architecture built around intelligent street light poles as the core infrastructure, supplemented by multiple product lines: (1) Smart street light poles and perception systems including i·box smart terminal boxes, AI cameras, wireless APs, smart gateways, and environmental sensors forming the city's perception network foundation; (2) V2X vehicle-road-cloud integration systems including edge computing units (ECU), roadside units (RSU), onboard units (OBU), millimeter wave radar, and traffic signal controllers for intelligent transportation; (3) Outdoor lighting products under the Apollo brand (Apollo-2, Apollo-3, Apollo-6, Apollo-7 series) for street, tunnel, and area illumination; (4) Landscape lighting including Polaris and Aurora series flood lights, wall wash lights, line lights, contour lights, underwater lights, and courtyard lights; (5) The KICT multi-protocol smart lighting control platform integrating DeepSeek AI for centralized city-level lighting management; and (6) Turnkey smart city solutions covering transportation, urban management, security, campus, and digital rural applications. The company operates from Dongguan, Guangdong with global presence across 100+ countries and regions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Smart Street Light Poles Multi-functional intelligent street light poles integrating lighting, surveillance cameras, environmental sensors, information displays, 5G micro-stations and EV charging for smart city perception networks. Sold to municipal governments and infrastructure operators.
• i·box Smart Terminal Box Edge computing gateway devices enabling rapid upgrade of traditional lamp posts to smart poles with autonomous computing, networking and perception capabilities. Available in wall-mounted and floor-standing versions for new builds and retrofits.
• Smart Perception Units

Quantifiable outcome

• 清远市LED路灯改造项目节电率超50%，年节约电量2000多万千瓦时，年节约电费超2000万元
• +6 more outcomes

Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

AI capability10 records

Feature7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered 核心战略合作伙伴, 业务合作伙伴, 项目联合体伙伴 and emc项目合作伙伴.

• 浪潮智慧城市科技有限公司核心战略合作伙伴Strategic or Co-development Partner · 19 July 2024勤上与浪潮智慧城市签订战略合作框架协议，双方就智慧交通、智慧场馆、智慧市政、智慧文旅、城市更新等新型智慧城市领域产品、技术融合以及市场开拓达成战略合作。双方将共同投入优势资源，探索新理念、新方法、新模式助力智慧城市建设。浪潮智慧城市致力于成为国内领先的智慧城市建设运营服务商，提供城市大脑、城市综合运行管理中心等系列产品。
• 广东广电网络业务合作伙伴Strategic or Co-development Partner勤上联合广东广电网络在韶关建设基于城市光纤的智慧城市试点，主要功能包括照明功能、无线网络、环境监测、摄像头、音响广播、显示屏、一键报警等。
• 浙江电信业务合作伙伴Channel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor勤上携手浙江电信共同实施杭州萧山江西俞村数字乡村项目，把5G、智慧数字灯和乡村事务数字管理相结合，打造5G+智慧灯杆应用在数字乡村的案例示范。
• 中国铁塔股份有限公司东莞分公司业务合作伙伴Channel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor勤上联合东莞铁塔在水乡功能区率先点克5G，建设智慧城市先行先试示范区，推进市政路灯杆'一杆多用'，促进智慧灯杆建设和运营管理。
• 黄山杰胜节能服务有限公司项目联合体伙伴Channel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor勤上智慧工程公司与黄山杰胜节能服务有限公司组成联合体，共同中标晋中市城区城市智慧路灯节能改造合同能源管理项目。
• 南方电网综合能源有限公司emc项目合作伙伴Channel Partner/ Reseller/ Distributor清远市LED路灯改造项目采用合同能源管理模式，由南网能源公司负责资金投入、建设、管理和服务，节能效益分享期8年。

Scale indicators11 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Signify (formerly Philips Lighting): Global lighting leader offering professional and consumer lighting solutions including smart street lighting (Interact City), with extensive R&D and brand recognition. Competes with Kingsun in international markets and sets technology benchmarks in smart lighting.
• Acuity Brands: US-based lighting and building solutions company with smart building/IoT offerings targeting commercial, industrial, and infrastructure markets. Direct competitor in commercial and outdoor LED lighting with global breadth and software platform capabilities.
• Huawei (Smart City Business): Comprehensive smart city solutions provider with HarmonyOS-based platform competing across transportation, security, lighting, and urban management. While much larger and broader, Huawei is a key competitor in smart city tenders where Kingsun's integrated offerings are positioned.
• San'an Optoelectronics (三安光电): Largest Chinese LED chip manufacturer (600703.SH) and a major upstream supplier to the LED industry. While focused on LED chips rather than finished fixtures, it competes for end-customer relationships and sets pricing benchmarks across the Chinese LED supply chain.

Direct peers

• FSL / Foshan Lighting (佛山照明): Established Chinese LED lighting manufacturer (000541.SZ) with a similar product portfolio including LED street lighting, commercial lighting, and outdoor fixtures. Comparable go-to-market via distributors and project bidding in the Chinese municipal market.
• Opple Lighting (欧普照明): Major Chinese LED lighting manufacturer (603515.SH) with comprehensive product range covering residential, commercial, and outdoor lighting segments. Directly competes with Kingsun in commercial and outdoor LED lighting and overlaps in smart lighting controls for the Chinese market.
• Honglitronic (鸿利智汇): Chinese LED packaging and lighting products company (300219.SZ) with overlapping customer base in commercial and outdoor lighting. Smaller-scale competitor with similar exposure to LED pricing pressure and smart lighting trends.
• Cnlight (雪莱特): Chinese LED lighting manufacturer (002076.SZ) with automotive, outdoor, and specialty lighting products. Competes in the Chinese LED street lighting market with overlapping customer segments in municipal and infrastructure projects.
• Mulinsen (木林森): Chinese LED lighting company (002745.SZ) with global presence including LED packaging and finished lighting products. Comparable scale of operations and exposure to LED commoditization pressures in both domestic and international markets.
• Unilumin (洲明科技): Chinese LED lighting and display company (300232.SZ) with smart city product offerings and outdoor lighting exposure. Similar target customer base in municipal and commercial projects, with comparable transition from hardware to integrated smart city solutions.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance10 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles12 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A2 records

Investments2 records

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