The Accessible Environment Construction Law will be implemented from September 1st

2023-08-24

The General Office of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress held a collective interview yesterday on the Accessible Environment Construction Law. This law was reviewed and approved at the third meeting of the 14th National People's Congress Standing Committee and will be implemented from September 1, 2023. Shao Daoxin, Deputy Director of the Information and Communication Management Bureau of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, introduced that in recent years, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has focused on the difficulties faced by disabled and elderly people when accessing the internet, organized the efforts of the entire industry to actively take action, and took multiple measures to promote the construction of information accessibility. Currently, positive results have been achieved. Mainly including, firstly, improving the top-level design of information accessibility. In addition to actively participating in the research and development of the soon to be implemented Accessible Environment Construction Law, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has also formulated and issued guiding documents such as the "Guiding Opinions on Promoting Information Accessibility", improved the standard specification system, organized the release of a total of 29 information accessibility related standards, and formulated the first general design specification for internet application aging adaptation in China, guiding relevant units to accurately and scientifically carry out aging adaptation and barrier free transformation. The second is to improve the accessibility level of internet applications. A special action was carried out to guide 1735 websites and mobile apps closely related to people with disabilities and the elderly to complete the upgrading and renovation. The third is to expand the supply of accessible hardware products. Organize major domestic manufacturers of smartphones and smart TVs to continuously optimize the operation interface, simplify the operation process, and enhance the human-machine interaction experience of smart products. The fourth is to enhance the accessibility service capabilities of basic telecommunications enterprises. Deploying basic telecommunications enterprises to continuously improve traditional telecommunications service methods, setting up dedicated love channels and elderly seats in offline business halls, and launching exclusive discount rates, large bills and other services to provide convenience for disabled and elderly people to handle telecommunications services. (All media reporter Zhao Linlin)

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