Yuan Kewei v. Guangzhou Jia Fu Estate Development co., LTD. Country/Territory China Type of court National - higher court Date Sep 14, 2015 Source UNEP, InforMEA Court name Guangzhou Intermediate People’s Court Seat of court Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province Judge Huang Caili; Liu Huan; Shi Jia Reference number No. 5108 (2015), Last Instance, Civil Division, Guangzhou Intermediate People's Court[(2015)穗中法民一终字第5108号] Language Chinese Subject Air & atmosphere Keyword Noise standards Noise emission Noise pollution Aircraft noise Vehicle noise Urban land Abstract The plaintiff is the house property owner of Jiafu Square residential quarters Room 3201 in Yuexiu District of Guangzhou City. Guangzhou Jiafu Estate Development co., LTD is the developer of this residential building project. The elevator is near the house of plaintiff, and the equipment of the elevator was installed on the common wall of the plaintiff’s living room. However, the defendant has not taken any measures to narrow down the noise.The case was brought by the plaintiff in front of the Guangzhou Yuexiu District People’s Court. The results offered by the plaintiff proved that the noise of the elevator equipment is beyond the Specification for Design of Civil Building Acoustic Noise (GB50118-2010) rules limit standard. The defendant has the responsibility to take the effective and reliable measures to reduce the noise and improved the sound environment quality of the housing estate. The same year, the defendant appealed to the intermediate court, but due to the lack of the facts and basis, the appeal was rejected.(Contribution: Case provided by Professor Tianbao QIN, Tang HE, and Han GAO, Research Institute of Environmental Law, Wuhan University, China) Full text content