Notice of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Accelerating the Update of Special Equipment

No. 63 [2024] on Special Equipment Issued by the State Administration for Market Regulation

Market Supervision Bureaus (Departments, Committees) of all provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

In order to implement the "Notice of the State Council on Issuing the Action Plan for Promoting Large-Scale Equipment Updates and the Trade-in of Old for New Consumer Goods" (Guo Fa [2024] No. 7) and to accelerate the updating of special equipment, the following matters are hereby notified.

I. Work Objectives

Taking the action to promote large-scale equipment updates as an opportunity, accelerate the elimination of outdated equipment with poor safety performance and high accident risks, promote equipment updates, quality improvement, and technological upgrades, continuously improve the safety, energy efficiency, and environmental protection levels of special equipment, concentrate on solving a number of special equipment safety issues concerning the people, effectively prevent and reduce accidents, and enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and security.

II. Key Tasks

(1) Promoting boiler updates. Strictly implement the "Guiding Catalog for Industrial Structure Adjustment (2024 Edition)". Under the unified deployment of local governments, for boilers listed for elimination, such as oil-fired boilers mainly used for power generation, fixed grate coal-fired boilers, coal-fired boilers of 10 steam tons per hour or less, biomass boilers of 2 steam tons per hour or less, and coal-fired boilers of 35 steam tons per hour or less in key areas for air pollution control, promptly cancel their registration certificates. For boilers listed as restricted, such as coal-fired boilers that do not meet the ultra-low emission requirements, fixed grate biomass boilers of 35 steam tons per hour or less, coal-fired boilers of 35 steam tons per hour or less in urban built-up areas at the county level and above (coal-fired boilers of 10 steam tons per hour or less in other areas), support the use units in carrying out updates and transformations, and encourage the use of various heat pump units for replacement. For coal-fired boilers and heat exchangers that have exceeded their service life, encourage the use units to carry out updates and transformations; for those that cannot be immediately updated and transformed, urge the use units to conduct safety assessments in accordance with the requirements of safety technical specifications. For industrial boilers whose operating efficiency is lower than the energy efficiency limit values of the "Technical Regulations for Energy Efficiency and Environmental Protection of Boilers" (TSG 91-2021) and energy efficiency level 2 of the "Energy Efficiency Limit Values and Energy Efficiency Grades for Industrial Boilers" (GB 24500-2020), support the use units in carrying out updates and transformations, and comprehensively improve safety, energy efficiency, and environmental protection levels.

(2) Promoting the updating of pressure vessels, pipelines, and cylinders. In accordance with the work plan for the elimination and updating and transformation of old chemical devices and the catalogs of prohibited, eliminated, and restricted devices and equipment issued by relevant departments, legally eliminate a batch of pressure vessels and pipelines that do not meet the requirements of industrial policies and safety standards, and orderly withdraw and transform and upgrade a batch of pressure vessels and pipelines with high safety risks. Cooperate with gas management departments to promote the standardized updating and construction of liquefied petroleum gas filling stations, update and transform pressure vessels and pipelines in filling stations with relatively high safety risks, and focus on updating 50-kilogram gas-liquid two-phase liquefied petroleum gas cylinders that do not meet the standards of "Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cylinders" (GB 5842-2023); encourage the updating of liquefied petroleum gas cylinders not included in the specifications of "Liquefied Petroleum Gas Cylinders" (GB 5842-2023).

(3) Promoting the updating of old elevators and the installation of elevators in existing residential buildings. Support the updating and transformation of elevators manufactured in accordance with the "Safety Code for the Manufacture and Installation of Elevators" (GB 7588-2003), the "Safety Code for the Manufacture and Installation of Escalators and Moving Walks" (GB 16899-1997), and earlier standards to elevators that meet current regulations and standards. Encourage the updating or technological upgrading of old residential elevators or their components in accordance with standards such as the "Specification for Improving the Safety of Elevators in Use" (GB/T 24804-2023) and the "Technical Conditions for Scrapping Main Components of Elevators" (GB/T 31821-2015). Support the installation of elevators in existing residential buildings, encourage the introduction of new professional elevator use and management models in the residential field, explore and cultivate elevator use management operators that include all-inclusive services such as elevator use management, maintenance, and self-inspection, and solve the short-term game dilemma in the market for elevator use management and maintenance.

(4) Promoting the updating of old passenger ropeways. Legally eliminate rope grips and cable grips that have been in use for 15 years. Support the updating of chairlift ropeways in scenic areas to gondola ropeways. Support passenger ropeways with a cumulative operating time of 40,000 hours or more than 15 years of use in accordance with relevant standards such as the "Technical Requirements for Major Repairs of Passenger Ropeways" (GB/T 34368-2017) to conduct disassembly inspections of important components such as drive detour devices, rope wheels, reducers, and carrying tools, and promote overhaul or replacement work. Encourage passenger ropeways with longer service lives to carry out equipment updates and technological upgrades to improve ropeway capacity, safety performance, and riding comfort. Encourage key technological breakthroughs and industrial equipment development in passenger ropeways to further improve the level of ropeway equipment manufacturing and improve equipment safety and reliability.

(5) Promoting the updating of large amusement facilities. Legally eliminate large amusement facilities or their main load-bearing components that have reached their design service life and have no continued use value. Urge the acceleration of rectification of cliff swings, zip lines, and other equipment that do not meet current safety technical requirements, and guide updates and upgrades. Support the replacement of vehicles, load-bearing systems, drive and braking devices, or the updating of entire machines for high-risk large amusement facilities such as roller coasters that have been in service for a long time, especially those that have been extended in use. Support the updating of large amusement facilities manufactured in accordance with the "Safety Code for Amusement Facilities" (GB 8408-2008) and earlier standards to equipment that meets current regulations and standards. Urge manufacturers to strictly regulate the safety assessment of extended-use equipment, conduct comprehensive disassembly inspections, tests, and experiments on the equipment, and carry out necessary repairs and replacements, and legally assume quality and safety responsibilities such as after-sales service, technical guidance, regular return visits and inspections, risk warnings, and defect recalls.

(6) Promoting the updating of lifting machinery and on-site special motor vehicles. Focusing on metallurgical cranes, mechanical parking equipment, and high-duty lifting machinery, orderly promote the updating of equipment and its important components. Support the intelligent transformation of lifting machinery used in harsh environments in industries such as steel, metallurgy, and cement. Increase the promotion of advanced products and technologies for lifting machinery and on-site special motor vehicles, encourage the application of high-strength steel and intelligent networking, integrated transmission, and overall processing technologies, and improve the supply capacity of high-reliability, intelligent, and green products.

III. Support Measures

(1) Strengthen joint inspections. Based on the registered data of special equipment, sort out the service life of special equipment, mark old equipment that has had accidents or many safety hazards, and promptly handle the cancellation and change of registration for eliminated and updated special equipment, and strengthen information sharing with relevant departments. Actively cooperate with the departments of development and reform, industry and information technology, ecological environment, housing and urban-rural construction, and culture and tourism to accelerate the implementation of project approval and other work for special equipment updates, and promote the implementation of special equipment update tasks in the region.

(2) Optimize service support. Encourage use units to invite manufacturers and technical institutions to conduct relevant safety assessments and provide reasonable suggestions for updating, transformation, or overhaul of old equipment. Strictly implement the supervision and inspection of special equipment, strengthen technical control, and ensure the quality and safety of updated equipment; in accordance with the principles of "safety, simplification, convenience, and efficiency", optimize the handling process, open green channels, provide convenient and high-quality services, and promote the steady progress of special equipment updates.

(3) Improve regulations and standards. Leverage the regulatory and guiding role of regulations and standards, accelerate the revision and formulation of regulations on the safety, quality, energy consumption, inspection, and testing of special equipment, improve the quality and safety standard system for special equipment, use standards to promote the upgrading of traction equipment, and promote the elimination of severely aged, frequently malfunctioning equipment or major components that have exceeded their service life, and promptly eliminate risks and hidden dangers.

(4) Strengthen demonstration and guidance. In accordance with the principle of government guidance, market dominance, voluntary participation by enterprises, and orderly implementation, give full play to the demonstration and guidance role, encourage using units to actively seek relevant support policies, formulate reasonable upgrading and transformation plans, guide enterprises to eliminate backward equipment, and promote the use of advanced products and technologies for special equipment.

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