Rent reduction and exemption policy during Weihai epidemic

The state has different regulations on rent reduction and exemption for epidemic situation according to different places. For example, Beijing will be exempted from the rent in February if it stops business and lays off employees according to the government's requirements. If the lessee uses it as office space, he will get a 50% rent reduction in February. Guangdong province is unable to operate normally due to the serious impact of the epidemic. Private leasing enterprises will be exempted from the first 1 month rent, and will be charged by half in the second and third months. Rent reduction and exemption during the epidemic period is not a national policy, but a local policy introduced by various provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions according to local specific conditions to encourage lessors to reduce or exempt operators' rents. Take Guangdong Province as an example: First, private leasing enterprises with state-owned assets can waive the first month's rent and charge the second and third months' rent by half. Second, encourage other property owners to appropriately reduce or exempt rents according to the actual situation. After the establishment of the contract, the objective situation has changed significantly, which is not a commercial risk and cannot be foreseen by the parties when concluding the contract. If one party continues to perform the contract or fails to achieve the purpose of the contract, and the party requests the people's court to modify or terminate the contract, the people's court shall decide whether to modify or terminate the contract according to the principle of fairness and the actual situation of the case.

Advocate rent reduction during the epidemic, but do not make mandatory provisions. The rent of enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households renting municipal and below state-owned operating houses can be reduced for one month; Rent out other business premises and encourage private owners to reduce or exempt rents for tenants, but there is no mandatory requirement.

Legal basis: Article 117 of the Contract Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) stipulates that "if the contract cannot be performed due to force majeure, the liability shall be exempted in part or in whole according to the influence of force majeure, unless otherwise stipulated by law. If force majeure occurs after the delay in performance, the parties concerned cannot be exempted from their responsibilities. Force majeure as mentioned in this Law refers to objective circumstances that cannot be foreseen, avoided and overcome. "