中国电梯协会有关专家最近指出:中国电梯市场和中国电梯工业的前景是非常好的。据预测,“九五”期间,中国对电梯需求的年平均增长率将不低于10％,5年的总需求量约为20万台。中国电梯业具有起步晚、发展快、前景好和潜力大等特点。从1980年到1995年的16年间,中国累计生产电梯和自动扶梯19.4万台。中国电梯工业的发展得益于改革开放政策、巨大的市场需求以及国外的交流、合作。中国现有123个取得生产许可证的电梯整机生产企业,但其中三菱、奥的斯、迅达、日立等五大中外合资企业的年产量即占全国产量的60％以上。此外,韩国的金星、现代、东洋等公司,日本的富 Experts from the China Elevator Association recently pointed out that the prospects of the Chinese elevator market and the Chinese elevator industry are very good. It is predicted that during the “Ninth Five-Year Plan” period, the average annual growth rate of China’s demand for elevators will not be less than 10%, and the total demand for five years will be approximately 200,000 units. China’s elevator industry has characteristics of late start, rapid development, good prospects and great potential. During the 16 years from 1980 to 1995, China produced a total of 194,000 elevators and escalators. China’s elevator industry has benefited from the reform and opening up policy, huge market demand, and foreign exchanges and cooperation. China has 123 elevator production enterprises that have obtained production licenses, but the output of the five Sino-foreign joint ventures such as Mitsubishi, Otis, Schindler, and Hitachi accounts for more than 60% of the national output. In addition, Korea’s Venus, Hyundai, Toyo, etc., Japan’s rich