Regulations of Hangzhou Municipality on Elevator Safety Management

Chapter I General Provisions Article 1 In order to strengthen elevator safety management, prevent elevator safety accidents and ensure personal and property safety, these Regulations are formulated in accordance with the Law of the People's Republic of China on Safety of Special Equipment and other laws and regulations, combined with the actual situation of this Municipality. Article 2 These Regulations shall apply to the supervision and management of elevator production (including design, manufacture, installation, renovation and maintenance), operation, use, maintenance, inspection and testing and elevator safety within the administrative area of this Municipality. Article 3 The municipal, district and county (city) people's governments shall strengthen their leadership over elevator safety work within their respective administrative areas, urge all relevant administrative departments to perform their duties according to law, establish a coordination and assessment mechanism for elevator safety management, and coordinate and solve problems existing in elevator safety management in a timely manner.

Township (town) people's governments and sub-district offices shall assist relevant administrative departments in elevator safety management within their respective jurisdictions. Fourth city market supervision and management department is responsible for the supervision and management of elevator safety in the city; District, county (city) market supervision and management departments shall be responsible for elevator safety supervision and management within their respective administrative areas in accordance with the prescribed responsibilities.

Urban and rural construction, planning and natural resources, housing security and real estate management, transportation, health, education, emergency management and other administrative departments shall, in accordance with their respective responsibilities, cooperate in elevator safety supervision and management. Article 5 Encourage elevator production, use, maintenance and other units and inspection and testing institutions to adopt information technology and scientific management means such as Internet, Internet of Things and big data to improve elevator safety performance and safety management level, and enhance accident prevention and emergency rescue capabilities. Article 6 Encourage elevator users to jointly or separately insure elevator safety liability insurance. Seventh market supervision and management departments should strengthen the publicity of elevator safety knowledge, popularize elevator safety knowledge, and enhance public safety awareness and self-protection ability.

Elevator manufacturing, operation, use, maintenance and other units and news media should carry out the popularization and publicity of elevator safety knowledge, and guide the public to use elevators correctly.

Family, primary and secondary schools, kindergartens and other educational institutions should strengthen elevator safety education for minors. Article 8 The elevator industry association shall, in accordance with its articles of association, carry out industry self-discipline management, issue demonstration contracts for elevator maintenance, collect and publish industry information such as main elevator parts and reference prices for maintenance hours, and organize elevator safety training, consultation and other activities.

Encourage and support elevator industry associations to participate in the formulation of relevant standards and the construction of industry credit system. Chapter II Production and Operation Article 9 Elevator production units shall ensure that elevator production meets the requirements of safety technical specifications and relevant standards, and shall be responsible for the safety performance of the elevators they produce.

It is forbidden to use the parts explicitly eliminated or scrapped by the state for elevator installation, renovation and maintenance. Article 10 Before the elevator is put into use, the elevator manufacturing unit shall provide elevator users with training services on safe use of elevators.

The elevator manufacturing unit shall regularly publish the reference price of the main parts of the elevator.

Elevator manufacturing units shall not set up technical obstacles that affect the safe operation of elevators. Eleventh elevator manufacturing, installation of quality problems, elevator business units should assist elevator users and manufacturers to negotiate to solve. Twelfth construction projects with elevators, the engineering design, communication devices, power supply and safety facilities should meet the requirements of relevant standards and norms of construction projects, and meet the needs of rescue, fire fighting and barrier-free access.

The selection and configuration of elevators should meet the requirements of building structure and use. Escalators and moving sidewalks in public gathering places such as stations, rail transit stations, pedestrian crossing facilities, airports and passenger terminals shall be selected according to the standards of public transport elevators.

Measures for the management of elevator design and configuration in this Municipality shall be formulated by the municipal market supervision and management department in conjunction with the municipal competent department of urban and rural construction.

Where elevators are installed in construction projects using financial funds, the elevator failure rate, after-sales service and credit status of elevator manufacturing units and business units shall be included in the procurement or bidding review. Article 13 This Municipality supports the installation of elevators in existing houses that meet the requirements. Encourage relevant units and individuals to provide convenience for the installation of elevators in existing houses with conditions.

City, district and county (city) people's governments can make overall arrangements for elevator installation in existing residential areas in the transformation of old residential areas, and give necessary support in raising funds.

The relevant departments of the municipal, district and county (city) people's governments shall, in accordance with the principles of simplification, convenience and high efficiency, handle the relevant procedures for installing elevators in existing houses.

The construction project of installing elevators and the management of elevator use after installation shall meet the requirements of safety management.

The specific measures for installing elevators in existing houses shall be formulated by the Municipal People's Government. Fourteenth elevator installation, renovation and maintenance shall be carried out by the elevator manufacturing unit or its entrusted units with corresponding qualifications. The entrusted unit shall not entrust or entrust the elevator installation, renovation and maintenance business in disguised form.

If the original elevator manufacturing unit has been cancelled or no longer has the corresponding qualification, the elevator using unit may entrust a unit with the corresponding qualification to carry out renovation and maintenance, and organize experts to demonstrate the renovation and maintenance plan when necessary. The municipal market supervision and management department can provide a list of experts who demonstrate the renovation and repair scheme.