Hitachi has said it will install a lift capable of reaching speeds of 72km/h (45mph) into a skyscraper in Guangzhou, southern China。
日本日立公司日前表示，將在中國南部城市廣州的一座新摩天大樓里安裝“火箭”電梯，電梯最高速度達每小時72公里(45英里)。
The lift, the fastest in the world, would take 43 seconds to go from the first to 95th floor in the Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre, the company said。
該公司表示，這部世界上最快速的電梯將被安裝在廣州CTF財務中心，只需43秒就可從1層直達95層。
The Guangzhou CTF Financial Centre will house office, hotel and residential space. The skyscraper is scheduled to be completed in 2016.
廣州CTF財務中心將集辦公、賓館和住宅等功能于一體，該大樓預計將于2016年完工。
The 111-storey building will have in total 95 lifts, two of which will be operate at the ultra-high speed。
大樓為111層，建成后將有95部電梯，其中只有2部是這樣的超高速電梯。
Currently, the Taipei 101 building in Taiwan holds the record for fastest lift - it can travel up to 60.6km/h。
目前中國臺灣臺北101大廈里的電梯保持著世界最快的記錄：最快速度達每小時60.6公里。
Hitachi promised a "comfortable ride" even at high speeds in the new lift. The lifts would prevent ear blockages, Hitachi said, by artificially altering air pressure in the car。
日立公司承諾，即使是如此高速，也將為搭乘此電梯的乘客提供“舒適的體驗”。該電梯將通過人為調(diào)整升降室里的氣壓來防止耳阻塞感。
