Acquisition of position information of an elevator car. The system for acquiring the position information of an elevator car of the invention comprises: a first Bluetooth module travelling in an up-down direction of an elevator hoistway following the elevator car, and a second Bluetooth module disposed in the elevator hoistway; wherein the second Bluetooth module broadcasts a Bluetooth signal containing an identifier of the second Bluetooth module to the elevator hoistway, and the first Bluetooth module senses signal strength information of the Bluetooth signal it receives and determines the identifier corresponding to the second Bluetooth module broadcasting the received Bluetooth signal; the system is configured to determine the position information of the elevator car according to received signal strength information of the Bluetooth signal and a corresponding identifier.