In September this year, Chongqing will put into use the "smart elevator" system and equip the elevator with a "brain". This system can realize uninterrupted automatic monitoring of elevator status, accident early warning and data tracing, making elevators safer and wiser.

　　It is worth noting that some places have written smart elevator systems into local laws and regulations. For example, "Huai ‘an Residential Elevator Safety Regulations" requires that newly installed residential elevators should have functions such as operation parameter collection, information network transmission, automatic alarm, real-time call and video monitoring system.

　　In recent years, in order to reduce the occurrence of elevator safety accidents, Heilongjiang, Fujian, Liaoning, Guizhou and other places have standardized the elevator safety management from the aspects of elevator production and operation, use management, maintenance, inspection and safety evaluation, supervision and service, emergency rescue, legal responsibility and so on.

　　A number of people in the industry recently suggested in an interview with the reporter of the Rule of Law Daily that on the basis of summing up local legislative experience, the relevant provisions in the Law on Safety of Special Equipment should be improved, and the product quality and related subject responsibilities of elevators should be clearly defined, so as to provide a strong legal guarantee for dealing with the sharp increase in the total number of elevators, the frequent occurrence of elevator accidents, the increase in the complaint rate of elevator failures and other issues, so that elevators, as a daily facility, will no longer be a dangerous place.

　　Elevator accidents show a trend of multiple occurrences.

　　Trapped, rushing to the top, falling … … Recently, elevator failures and accidents have occurred in many places, making the topic of elevator safety once again enter the public eye.

　　On the evening of May 3, a 13-year-old boy from Lanwan Yajing Community in Fuzhou, Fujian Province had an accident due to elevator failure. On the evening of May 23, an elevator safety accident occurred in Ankang Golden Bay Phase II Community, Chikan District, Zhanjiang City, Guangdong Province. The elevator accelerated from the first floor and crashed into the 30th floor, resulting in one unfortunate death.

　　Many elevator safety accidents have made Liu Fengyuan afraid to take the elevator that has broken down many times in the community. Liu Fengyuan, who lives in the Ideal City Community of Handan City, Hebei Province, has been trapped in the elevator three times. Once the elevator fell from the third floor to the negative floor, and the distress button in the elevator didn’t work at all. Without his mobile phone, he had to beat the elevator door hard, which attracted other residents to call for help.

　　"The elevator in our building is often broken, and people are often trapped. Every time it is repaired and then broken, my 5-year-old child is trapped inside. Especially from the news, we saw the elevator safety accident that happened some time ago. We are afraid to take that elevator now. " Liu Fengyuan said.

　　At present, China’s elevator ownership and annual sales volume rank first in the world, and elevator accidents are frequent. According to the Notice of the State Administration of Market Supervision on the National Special Equipment Safety in 2020, by the end of 2020, there were 7,865,500 elevators nationwide. In 2020, there were 25 elevator accidents and 19 deaths in China.

　　Huang Lianxi, member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and partner of Zhejiang Tiance Law Firm, bluntly said that after years of development, China has become a big country in elevator production and sales. However, from the perspective of users’ objective experience, there are some problems in the elevator industry, such as the quality needs to be improved, the maintenance ratio of elevator manufacturers is not high, and the product quality responsibility is not implemented.

　　Legislation in many places to ensure the safety of taking the ladder

　　In the face of many problems brought by the rapid growth of elevators year by year, many places in the country have introduced special legislation to regulate them. According to the reporter’s incomplete statistics, there are currently 46 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) and cities with districts that legislate for elevator safety.

　　Although these local laws and regulations differ in the number of chapters, they basically cover production and operation, use, maintenance, inspection and testing, supervision and management, emergency response, legal responsibility and so on.

　　Especially in strengthening the implementation of the main responsibility, all localities have made relatively clear provisions.

　　"Regulations on Elevator Safety Management in Liaoning Province" requires that the market supervision and management departments and other departments with elevator safety management responsibilities should formulate elevator safety supervision and inspection plans and related measures, conduct regular inspections or spot checks on elevator safety according to their division of responsibilities, and timely put forward rectification and handling opinions and carry out rectification supervision on the illegal and illegal problems and hidden dangers; Major violations of laws and regulations and serious accidents, should immediately take compulsory measures according to law and report to the government at the same level and the higher supervision and management departments.

　　"Heilongjiang Province Elevator Safety Regulations" stipulates that the elevator maintenance unit, in violation of the provisions of these regulations, fails to set up a 24-hour on-duty telephone, fails to eliminate it in time after receiving the fault notice, or fails to arrive at the scene to carry out rescue according to the prescribed time limit after receiving the elevator trouble report, and is fined 20,000 yuan.

　　In April this year, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province revised the Regulations on Elevator Safety in Nanjing City, which has been implemented for nearly 10 years, aiming at clarifying the responsibilities of manufacturing enterprises, industry committees, users and maintenance units, and solving the problem that elevator safety involves long chains and many subjects.

　　"Elevator safety is directly related to the personal safety of the people. The elevator should be regarded as a mass public vehicle and should be positioned as a mass public product. Through legislation, the competent authorities of the industry will be clarified, and production enterprises will be guided, guided, managed and standardized to build a quality assurance system for elevator products, so as to ensure the quality of elevator products from the source. " Huang Lianxi said.

　　Li Zhiqiang, deputy to the National People’s Congress and deputy director of the Shanxi Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, believes that the supervision mode should be changed from departmental supervision to pluralistic co-governance. Elevator safety is a part of social management, involving multiple responsible subjects and multi-departmental functions. It is necessary to clarify the responsibilities and obligations of all links, relevant units and personnel in the whole life cycle of elevators from selection and procurement to scrapping and updating, and to establish a new supervision mechanism in which local governments take the main responsibility for supervision, quality inspection, safety supervision, housing construction, finance, insurance supervision and other departments work together and coordinate.

　　Promote the construction of smart elevator system

　　The Law on Safety of Special Equipment, which came into effect on January 1, 2014, puts forward the general requirements for safety supervision of several types of special equipment, including elevators, and provides a strong legal guarantee for elevator safety.

　　Liu Junhai, a professor at the Law School of Renmin University of China, believes that elevators, as a kind of special equipment that is most closely related to people’s lives, are quite different in terms of safety requirements, supervision methods and emergency handling, and need special regulations to regulate and ensure their safe use.

　　"In recent years, the total number of elevators in China has increased dramatically, and elevator safety accidents have occurred frequently. Elevator safety issues have become more and more important. At present, many places have responded to people’s needs through legislation. It is suggested to summarize the legislative experience of these places, and at the same time find out the causes and countermeasures of elevator safety accidents, and then improve the special equipment safety law to realize the source of elevator safety hazards. Governance. " Liu Junhai said.

　　Liu Junhai believes that the Special Equipment Safety Law has been implemented for more than seven years. With the rapid development of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, it is suggested that advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and Internet of Things should be introduced into elevator safety management, and a more intelligent elevator early warning and alarm mechanism should be clearly established through legislation.

　　The reporter noted that some local legislation explicitly proposed the establishment of a smart elevator system. The Regulations on Elevator Safety Management in Hangzhou proposes to popularize the use of intelligent elevator system, find hidden dangers of elevator safety accidents in time, and comprehensively evaluate elevator operation status according to recorded data to improve elevator safety management level. "Regulations on Elevator Safety Management in Bengbu City" requires that the construction of smart elevator system should be promoted, and a smart elevator system with the functions of operation parameter collection, network remote transmission, one-button alarm, intelligent rescue and dynamic supervision should be gradually established.

　　Huang Lianxi said that through legislation, the application of information technology such as big data and Internet of Things will be strengthened, so that elevator equipment can form intelligent terminals and solve elevator safety problems. (Reporter Pu Xiaolei, Du Xiaotong)