Jiadu Xintai Technology Co., Ltd. Xiang Yuanchun
- The renovation of old residential areas brings new business opportunities to the smart security market
1. The proposal and progress of the renovation of old urban communities
At the end of 2017, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development launched pilot projects for the renovation of old urban communities in 15 cities across the country. On June 19, 2019, the executive meeting of the State Council was held, and the transformation of old urban communities has become a key task to be comprehensively promoted at the national level. On April 14, 2020, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council presided over an executive meeting, requesting the implementation of policies and measures to support enterprises introduced this year to help enterprises overcome difficulties; it was decided to increase efforts in the renovation of old urban communities, promote the improvement of people's livelihood and expand domestic demand, etc.
Since the transformation of old urban communities is a major livelihood project and development project, it is of great significance to meet the needs of the people for a better life, promote urban renewal and transformation of development and construction methods, and promote high-quality economic development. In order to comprehensively promote the renovation of old urban communities, the General Office of the State Council issued the "Guiding Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Transformation of Old Urban Communities" in July.
(1) Opinions clearly define the work objectives. In 2020, 39,000 old urban communities will be rebuilt, involving nearly 7 million households. By 2022, the institutional framework, policy system, and working mechanism for the renovation of old urban communities will be basically formed.
(2) Clarify the scope of transformation objects. Old residential quarters in cities and towns refer to residential quarters (including single residential buildings) in cities or counties (Chengguan towns) that were built earlier, are in disrepair and management, have imperfect municipal facilities, community service facilities, and residents have a strong desire to renovate. All localities should rationally define the range of targets for renovation in light of actual conditions, and focus on rebuilding old communities built before the end of 2000.
(3) Reasonably determine the content of the transformation. The renovation content of old urban communities can be divided into three categories: basic, perfect, and upgrade.
2. The transformation of old residential areas brings new opportunities to the smart security market
The "Guiding Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Reconstruction of Old Urban Residential Areas" issued by the General Office of the State Council clearly states that the central finance will focus on supporting basic renovations such as water supply, drainage, roads, and security. Among them, the requirements for the construction of intelligent security are clearly put forward, and the comprehensive use of physical defense, technical defense, and human defense is encouraged to meet security needs.
The aging or failure of security infrastructure in old communities is inevitable due to the long construction time. In addition, the limited investment in security management has led to the inability to effectively manage community management and personnel flow, resulting in higher risks and hidden dangers for residents’ safety. Local governments have successively issued policies and plans to support the renovation of old communities. However, how to implement effective renovation and upgrading of old communities, improve the security management of old communities, and ensure the safety of residents in the community will become the key.
The security renovation of old communities involves video surveillance systems, perimeter protection systems, entrance and exit management systems, smart fire protection systems, etc. From the perspective of application and technology, there are mainly the following key development opportunities.
One is the development opportunity of the entrance and exit management system. The entrance and exit management is the "most important line of defense" for the security prevention of old communities. At the entrances and exits of old communities, a three-dimensional public security prevention and control system is formed through intelligent front-ends such as entrances and exits of old communities and unit door entrances and exits, such as face self-verification and access control. By building AI + big data, it is possible to collect basic information such as all residents, houses, and vehicles in the old community, and use technologies such as face recognition and license plate recognition to achieve information matching. On the one hand, it realizes the unified access management of the real-name system, conducts key target deployment alarms, reminds strangers, etc., and on the other hand, achieves convenient access management.
The second is the opportunity for the development of the perimeter defense system, which is an important part of improving the security of old communities. The perimeter is the first line of defense for community security. A perimeter wall without security measures is likely to be invaded by criminals. Doing well in the security of the first line of defense and increasing the difficulty of illegal behavior is the primary issue that should be considered in community perimeter security management. The "Guiding Opinions on Comprehensively Promoting the Reconstruction of Old Urban Residential Areas" issued by the State Council pointed out that the renovation of old residential areas includes not only basic security facilities, but also the installation of elevators, parking garages (fields) and other intelligent supporting facilities in the improvement category. The security hardware required by other intelligent supporting facilities; as well as the improvement category involving the supporting construction of public service facilities and their intelligent transformation, such as intelligent perception facilities such as community perimeter protection, etc., all belong to the category of intelligent security construction.
The third is the development opportunity of the video surveillance system in the old community. The video surveillance system plays an important role in the management of public areas in the old community. The public space of the old community is the open space between the building entities of the community (such as elevators, corridors, community gardens, etc.), and it is an open place for the residents of the community to communicate in public and hold various activities. There are many public facilities in the public space of the community, and it is also an important parking area for vehicles. Therefore, it is very important to strengthen the security of the public space of the community. At present, intelligent security technologies represented by intelligent video surveillance systems are increasingly being used in the internal management of communities, which not only improves the security of the community, but also reduces the complex workload for property management personnel and improves the efficient management of the community.
The fourth is the development opportunity of the comprehensive application management platform of the old community. The comprehensive management application platform is the center and brain of the old community. First of all, the data gateway integrates different subsystems and different types of data into unified structured data into the overall system; breaks down information barriers, opens up data islands, and provides support for data acquisition on the comprehensive platform for the transformation of old communities. Secondly, the diversified data system is the middle platform for the transformation of old communities. It has business service capabilities and data service capabilities, and is the basis of business applications. From the business dimension, it has a flexible grid event closed-loop flow capability to support community management and service business circulation. From the data dimension, it gathers data resources such as public security, grid management, and the Internet, comprehensively collects and updates various data information in the community, portrays the static portrait of the community in a panoramic view, and grasps dynamic changes. Requirements for carrying out renovation and renovation, illegal construction supervision and other businesses.
- Challenges faced by the smart security market under the transformation of old residential areas
In terms of demographic characteristics, old communities have many elderly people, many tenants, and mixed people; in terms of physical space, old communities are old and decaying, with outdated security equipment that has exceeded the service life and many equipment that are in disrepair, and the security of the community is useless; in terms of social governance, many old communities are neglected and abandoned communities, and strangers can enter and exit at will. Combining these three characteristics, it can be found that old communities are inherently weak in epidemic prevention and control. After this epidemic, all localities have paid more attention to the renovation of old communities.
There are four common security problems in old communities, which will challenge the security market in old communities.
1. The first is that the security equipment is outdated and in disrepair. Most of the access control has been in disrepair for a long time. The service life of the product has passed, and no one maintains it. There are many unstable factors in the community, and if idle people take the opportunity to sneak into the community, there is no certificate to investigate.
2. The second is that it is difficult for property management to effectively supervise strangers. Due to the long-term disrepair of the security equipment, the population mobility in the community has increased several times. Strangers can enter and leave the community at will.
3. The third type is the lack of complete system management of community properties. Since the property lacks a complete system of management, it is also difficult for the property to provide high-quality and convenient services to the residents of the community. In the long run, there will be a lot of estrangement between the owners of the community and the property, and it will easily cause the owners to ask for a change of property company to manage the community. At the same time, the access control equipment in the community is outdated and damaged, making it more difficult for the security personnel in the community to work, and there is no convenient and accurate solution to manage strangers. If a stranger breaks into the community illegally, the patrolling security personnel have to identify the stranger in the community. This is very difficult. If everyone who enters the community asks, the workload of the security personnel will be huge. At the same time, it will also make some owners very impatient.
4. The fourth is follow-up management issues. After the renovation of the old residential quarters in cities and towns, the appearance of the residential quarters has taken on a new look and the quality of life of the residents has been improved. In order to maintain a good environment in the community for a better and longer period of time, it is necessary to establish an evaluation and assessment mechanism to carry out daily supervision and assessment of various property service companies and classify them according to the evaluation system; introduce property companies that meet the service assessment and evaluation standards to solve the phenomenon of "no management" and "lost management" in old communities; explore the self-government model of the community, encourage more residents to undertake public obligations, and improve the self-management and self-service capabilities of the residents of the community; A civilized home for a better life.
To sum up, the development of security services in old residential quarters, which seems not difficult, actually has many challenges. First of all, compared with large-scale projects in cities, the requirements for security construction in old communities are simpler. Ordinary video surveillance and anti-theft alarm equipment can meet the security requirements, and the market is more practical. Therefore, in general, in the development of old communities, security projects need to be easy to deploy, easy to operate, and easy to maintain. In addition, although the government has financial support for infrastructure, in the construction of perfect and upgraded projects, the business or property of old communities is very sensitive to prices, and some technical problems in renovation are difficult to achieve due to limited funds and uncoordinated reasons. Coordination brings problems such as large amount of engineering and unpredictable construction period, which will increase the cost of the enterprise.
3. Changes that the smart security market will usher in under the transformation of old residential areas
The security renovation of old urban communities did not appear until the 14th Five-Year Plan. In fact, since the 12th Five-Year Plan, the security renovation of old communities has always been one of the key projects of the National Development and Reform Commission. However, the level of security intelligence was relatively low at that time, and the renovation space was small. The projects mainly focused on pipelines, drainage and other projects, and security projects accounted for a small proportion. Although the 14th Five-Year Plan has higher requirements for the construction of intelligent security in the community, the security in the renovation of the old community includes not only basic security facilities such as video surveillance, but also the intelligent transformation of supporting facilities such as smart parking, perimeter protection, and public service facilities. It can be said that winning the bid for the renovation project of a residential area can stimulate the demand for various security products.
Generally speaking, if there are channel deposits, the renovation of old residential areas can indeed bring a lot of profits to enterprises, but if enterprises that have not been in contact with relevant channels, this field is still accompanied by many risks, and the market capacity needs to be increased urgently. Careful consideration of technology and solutions is required to enter.
Due to the changes brought about by the times, the renovation of old communities in the new era may raise new demands. Under the premise of the continuous expansion of the market scale, the number of players in the security intelligent transformation of old residential areas is also increasing, and the market is also facing more diversified competition. On this basis, the entire market also puts forward more intelligent needs for transformation.
In 2015, the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Social Security Prevention and Control System", which clearly pointed out that: make full use of the new generation of Internet, Internet of Things, big data, cloud computing and other technologies to target old communities and urban-rural fringe areas, implement the "technical defense into the home" project and the Internet of Things security community pilot, improve the comprehensive security management level of the community, and create a good living environment for residents.
With the support of policies, various comprehensive application management platforms are now used in the transformation of old communities to integrate access control systems, parking systems, and smart home systems.
4. How do security companies grasp the new business opportunities brought by the market
Security companies are increasingly participating in the role of empowerment in accelerating the transformation of old urban communities and urban fine governance.
Under the tide of renovation of old communities, the development strategies of security companies themselves are also constantly evolving from the dimension of empowerment. In the past, the construction of community security systems relied more on hardware facilities such as video front-end acquisition equipment, access control systems, parking lots, etc., and achieved security protection through manpower or on-site maintenance. When there was no digital technology, the property management could only use a lot of manpower to solve these problems. Quantitative changes produce qualitative changes, but the management cost of this method is high.
In the past two years, with the promotion of the new generation of information technology, 5G, AI, big data, cloud computing and other technologies have begun to be applied in community security. Building a platform for community security prevention and control and social services is gradually becoming the focus of community security construction. By integrating the video surveillance platform and other business service platforms, a visual database of community population, vehicles, houses, dynamic portraits, and events based on electronic maps is formed. Based on the concept of smart new prevention and control, the platform uses the intelligent application of multi-dimensional perception data such as face capture in prevention and control scenes as a means to solve the problem of "unclear numbers and circumstances" of the living population in old communities, strengthen the management and control of key personnel, dig out abnormal behaviors of key personnel, and reduce the occurrence of hidden dangers to public security.
Through different internal calculation logics such as frequency, time, and relationship graphs, real-time perception of the actual residents, strangers, and entry and exit conditions in the community, the establishment of a refined community grid, statistics on the distribution of various personnel, and improved community grid management. At the same time, it can also capture the differentiated activity characteristics of basic personnel, special personnel, etc., to achieve effective management of basic personnel in the community, precise prevention and control of special personnel, and simultaneous real-time update of one standard three real/four standard four real data, eliminating unsafe factors and improving urban governance.
V. Conclusion
The renovation of old communities is an important part of urban renewal. Nowadays, the volume of the market for the renovation of old urban communities is gradually increasing. Coupled with the deployment of local governments to promote the implementation of favorable policies, it can bring a ray of hope to security companies suffering from economic downturn in the post-epidemic era. However, there are certain restrictions on the renovation market of old communities. In the foreseeable future, the renovation market of old communities will inevitably usher in more intense competition.
Generally speaking, to do a good job in the transformation of old communities, it is first necessary to establish new rules and mechanisms for comprehensive community operation services. The establishment of these rules and mechanisms requires the coordination and cooperation of social institutions such as streets, residents, service companies (social capital), and financial institutions.
The renovation of old residential areas in cities and towns is not only a livelihood project, but also an investment project. With the successive release of policy dividends, it is expected to drive a large amount of social capital to enter. However, the renovation of old communities is also a systematic project involving a wide range of areas, and there are still many problems that need to be continuously discovered in practice and coordinated breakthroughs must be made.
The renovation of old communities is an infrastructure project on the surface, but it is also a social governance project in essence. In the face of different demands in the renovation process, it is necessary to respect the wishes of the masses and listen to different voices, and use methods such as "one district, one policy" and "co-construction and co-management" to implement precise policies to meet the needs of the masses and jointly draw the largest "concentric circles" for the renovation of old communities. In the face of such tens of billions of market demand, the security market has ushered in a major opportunity for recovery, let us wait and see!