What about the rent of shops during the epidemic?

There is a characteristic or premise of rent reduction and exemption: "those who rent state-owned assets operate houses", that is, the state is willing to tide over the difficulties with all kinds of directly-managed public housing rental enterprises, but it should not be too lenient and cannot directly send information to property owners of various private houses or shops to reduce rents. At present, many difficult small and medium-sized enterprises can't rent state-owned (including collective) assets for operation. In the leasing market, it is not the turn of most small and medium-sized enterprises to lease such state-owned office buildings or properties, let alone self-employed individuals. Most enterprises that can rent state-owned (including collective) assets are large enterprises, and their ability to resist risks is actually much stronger than that of small and micro enterprises and self-employed individuals. "Actively encourage owners of non-state-owned enterprises and individual landlords to reduce or exempt rents, property management fees and other fees for tenants, and specific matters shall be settled by both parties through consultation". Sanya's policy opinion is "advocate landlords to reduce or exempt rents for tenants, and both parties can solve them through consultation". Shanghai's policy opinion is to "encourage market operators such as large commercial buildings, shopping malls and parks to reduce or exempt rents for tenants operated by entities". Due to the different ownership nature of leased shops, rent reduction will lead to completely different results. State-owned enterprises are exempted according to the provisions of the Notice, and private shops advocate exemption from negotiation.

Although you may not be within the relief scope of the property directly under the state, you can still negotiate or even bring a lawsuit on the grounds of "unable to perform the contract due to force majeure".

Legal basis: Article 26 (2) of the Interpretation of the Supreme Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of the Contract Law. After the establishment of the contract, there are non-commercial risks in the objective circumstances and major changes that the parties could not foresee when concluding the contract, and one party continues to perform the contract, or the purpose of the contract cannot be achieved.