As of November last year, nearly 100,000 elevators have been installed in China's existing residences, and the average annual installation of new elevators in the past two years is about 30,000, and this number will be further expanded in the future. 
According to the current policy, the cost of installing elevators is raised by the joint efforts of four aspects: policy restrictions, financial subsidies, bank loans, and resident fees. Taking an old community in Shanghai's Xuhui District as an example, the total cost of installing an elevator is 750,000 yuan, of which 470,000 yuan is contributed by residents, and the remaining 280,000 yuan is supported by policies and financial subsidies. Whenever it comes to the renovation of the old community, the installation of elevators is always inseparable from the topic, many of these residents who live in the old community are old people, and climbing the stairs every day is also a great challenge for physical strength, but many residents still have many doubts about the installation of elevators. 
First, aside from the policy subsidy, is the cost of installing elevators shared equally by all residents, or is the amount apportioned separately according to the floors of different heights, and is the amount apportioned on the 6th floor higher than that on the 2nd floor? Second, will this project continue to continue, and will more old communities install elevators in the future? 
In this regard, the official has actually made a clear statement, which mentioned an important point is that in the future, the old houses that meet the requirements may be equipped with elevators, but before the full rollout of the installation of elevators, many problems still need to be solved. According to the example of a community in Xuhui, Shanghai, mentioned above, the higher the floor, the more expensive the cost of installing an elevator, the first floor must be free without an elevator, while the second floor is 6%, and the 6th floor is 34%. There are also people who oppose such a cost apportionment plan, that everyone should use the elevator, each floor should be apportioned the same proportion of the amount, if the cost distribution problem can not be solved, then the large-scale elevator installation will usher in a lot of trouble, the best plan will not be a one-size-fits-all, but by the local departments let the residents choose which plan. 
In January this year, the director of the National Department of Social Development mentioned a sentence: the installation of elevators in old communities "can be fully installed". This sentence reveals a lot of information, "can be fully installed" means that not all old houses will be equipped with elevators, but in line with safety standards, to ensure that the staircase structure will not be affected by the old houses will be equipped with elevators. Secondly, although not all old houses will be equipped with elevators, most of them will. At present, only 100,000 elevators have been installed, compared with 2The market of 6 trillion is obviously not a big number, and there will definitely be more old residential buildings with elevators in the future. As for why the relevant departments are vigorously promoting the installation of elevators, first of all, considering the travel of the elderly, people are inconvenient for their legs and feet when they are old, and their physical strength will also decline, so that an elderly man in his 70s climbs the stairs every day to buy vegetables and walk, which may also cause additional burden on the body. 
Secondly, it is also mentioned that this is a 2Projects with a market potential of 6 trillion yuan, including upstream and downstream cement, building materials, steel, glass and other industries, will benefit and help promote economic development. To sum up, most old houses should be equipped with elevators in the future, but the most important criterion for "being able to install them all" is safety, and only by ensuring that the staircase structure meets the safety standards can elevators be installed. Considering that the problem of aging will become more and more serious in the future, and the current large-scale demolition has ended, the installation of elevators is also a good thing for the elderly living in old buildings, which is also the reason why the policy is willing to spend a lot of money to subsidize the installation of elevators. In the final analysis, this is a livelihood project.