The State Administration for Market Regulation publicly solicits opinions on the "Elevator Safety Technical Regulations (Draft for Comments)" to safeguard the safety of over 4 billion elevator rides daily.

Today, the General Administration of Market Regulation announced the drafting of the “Elevator Safety Technical Regulations (Draft for Comments)” to optimize technical measures in elevator manufacturing, installation, renovation, repair, operation management, and maintenance, ensuring elevator safety and quality standards. From now until March 20, the draft will be open for public feedback. As China’s first comprehensive elevator safety technical standard, the draft incorporates lessons learned from recent elevator accidents, analyzes typical case studies, and draws on regulations and standards from developed countries like Europe and the United States to establish stricter basic safety requirements suited to China’s national conditions. The draft emphasizes that “a good house needs a good elevator,” expanding the “National Subsidy” elevator quality requirements to all new installations, and imposing more rigorous safety technical standards on key elevator components to curb the industry’s trend of low-cost, reduced-quality products, thereby improving the safety and quality of over 800,000 new elevators installed annually. Focusing on the intrinsic safety throughout the entire lifecycle of elevators, the draft proposes higher safety standards in design risk assessment, manufacturing quality control, fault intelligent monitoring, and maintenance compliance management. These measures aim to better ensure the reliable operation of over 12 million elevators nationwide and safeguard the safety of more than 4 billion elevator passengers daily. (CCTV News)