Traxon e:cue just revived Qingdao city of Shandong, the most enchanting seaside city and major seaport of China, with digital solutions featuring SYMPHO™City central management platform.

Qingdao, Shandong is one of China’s most renowned seaside city. We all have a familiar portrait of this place on our mind: red-tile roofs shaded in green trees while the blue sea mirroring the clear sky. It is true yet stereotyped as Qingdao has made ground-breaking changes over the year.

Backed by reform policies, Qingdao has experienced an economic take-off with GDP exceeding 1,000 billion, population over 9 million, and countless skyscrapers emerging one after another. Known as the China’s City of Sail, Asia’s Best Sailing City, and the Switzerland of the East, Qingdao has won its bid to host the sailing competitions of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 13^th Paralympic Games. Now it has become a world city after hosting the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Summit (SCO) 2018 under the world’s spotlight.

Upon the SCO Summit, Traxon e:cue seized the chance and became solution provider of the Qingdao Smart City project. The digitally connected lighting added brilliance to the city’s splendor and attracted thousands of visitors even during the testing stage. The project focused on the city’s center, the Shinan District commercial area where lies the main streets including Shandong RD, Hongkong Rd and Jiangxi Rd etc. Landmarks such as the Huilan Pavilion, Palace on the Sea, Building of Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, Building of the Customs House and the Fada Building now revive Qingdao’s waterscapes and echo with its modern vibrancy.

More than 3,000 pieces of Traxon e:cue control engines have been incorporated into the structure, including Butler PRO, Butler S2, Lighting Engine Control 2Fx, Lighting Engine Control MX etc. This massive city-wide control system is under the monitoring of the SYMPHO™City central management platform, making urban administration intelligent and easy.

Now Qingdao is even more glamourous at night than in daylight. The brightly-lit Shinan District is the symbol of the city’s booming business, while iconic sites along the coast forming a shining strap by the sea like a diamond necklace.

Completion of the project has further unleashed the charming power of Qingdao, making it a shining spot on the world’s coastlines. In the future, OSRAM will continue to tap the possibilities of light to improve people’s lives, create smart cities and build a more connected world!