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Article 23: The construction units responsible for the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment shall, prior to commencing such work, inform in writing the department in charge of supervision and management of special equipment safety under the people’s government of a municipality directly under the Central Government or a city divided into districts about the planned installation, modification, or repair work. Interpretation of the provision: This article deals with the requirement to provide notification prior to the installation, modification, or repair of special equipment. The purpose of providing construction notifications is to enable safety supervision and management authorities to assess whether the qualifications of the enterprises carrying out the activities meet the requirements for such activities, to check whether the installed equipment was produced or modified legally, and whether the repair methods might reduce the safety performance of the equipment. It also allows for timely awareness of any changes to newly installed equipment as well as to equipment that is already in use, thereby facilitating the scheduling of on-site inspections and tests and enabling dynamic supervision – a function that differs from that of administrative licensing. To facilitate notification by enterprises, the safety supervision and management department responsible for receiving such notifications shall, in accordance with regulations, publish the information that requires written notification, the materials to be provided, and the address at which written notifications should be sent. Upon receiving the notification, the safety supervision and management department shall conduct a timely review; for those with no issues, it shall file the notification document and inform the registration and installation inspection agencies of the relevant situation ； For those that do not meet the requirements, contact the construction party immediately; if it is confirmed that they are violating the regulations, work must be halted, and construction can resume only after the relevant issues have been corrected. The safety supervision and management authorities must be careful when providing such notifications, ensuring that they are not overly complicated and do not hinder the construction activities of compliant enterprises ； It also cannot be ignored, as this would prevent errors in the company from being detected in a timely manner, thereby causing problems for subsequent administrative tasks.