202 1 official document on rent-free policy of epidemic situation

Rent reduction during the epidemic period is a specific policy issued by local governments. Sichuan Province issued the Notice of the General Office of the People's Government of Sichuan Province on Policies and Measures to Alleviate the Production and Operation Difficulties of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises in Response to the novel coronavirus Epidemic. In order to fully implement the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council and the work requirements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government, and effectively alleviate the production and operation difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises, the Notice not only gives guidance on rent reduction and other issues, but also gives subsidies for logistics costs to commercial and circulation enterprises such as shopping malls, supermarkets, chain convenience stores and wholesale markets during the epidemic prevention and control period. Participate in the supply of living materials, and the enterprises determined by the provincial government to undertake the task of allocating living materials to other provinces free of charge shall bear the logistics costs in full by the provincial finance. For small and medium-sized enterprises involved in the commercial circulation of daily necessities and the production related to epidemic prevention control, such as epidemic prevention drugs, medical devices, materials and equipment, the local government where the enterprise is registered will give subsidies for electricity charges at 30% of the electricity price in the sales catalogue, and the provincial finance will give subsidies at 50% of the actual subsidies of the local government. For small and medium-sized enterprises to lease state-owned assets for operation, the rent of 1 to 3 months shall be reduced or exempted. Operators of large commercial buildings, shopping malls and comprehensive markets are encouraged to reduce or exempt rents for small and medium-sized enterprises during the epidemic period, and all localities can give appropriate financial subsidies to owners who reduce or exempt rents.

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General Office of Sichuan Provincial People's Government's policies and measures on coping with the novel coronavirus epidemic and alleviating the production and operation difficulties of small and medium-sized enterprises.

For small and medium-sized enterprises to lease state-owned assets for operation, the rent of 1 to 3 months shall be reduced or exempted. Operators of large commercial buildings, shopping malls and comprehensive markets are encouraged to reduce or exempt rents for small and medium-sized enterprises during the epidemic period, and all localities can give appropriate financial subsidies to owners who reduce or exempt rents. During the epidemic period, the provincial demonstration bases for small and medium-sized enterprises' entrepreneurial innovation will be reduced or exempted, and the provincial finance will give subsidies according to no more than 50% of the total rent reduction and exemption, and the total subsidy for each base will not exceed 2 million yuan.