First, the meaning of coupons:
1. Consumer vouchers are a special voucher and one of the tools to realize economic policies. When the economic recession leads to a sharp decline in private consumption capacity, the government or enterprises issue people's consumption vouchers as payment vouchers for people's future consumption, hoping to revitalize consumption activities by improving people's purchasing power and consumption desire, and even further promote the growth of production and investment activities and accelerate economic recovery. In the special period of financial crisis, consumer vouchers are gradually becoming one of the important means to promote sales and ensure growth. Although coupons are designed to promote consumption, they can also be used as social relief tools. There are also both, which are implemented as social relief for the purpose of revitalizing consumption. The background of the mixed policy may be complex, not just economic considerations.
Second, the types of coupons:
1. In China, consumer vouchers mainly include five categories: government vouchers, social vouchers, travel vouchers, transfer vouchers and education and training vouchers. The vouchers issued by relevant enterprises are generally gold vouchers with a face value of 100 yuan, and there are also social vouchers with a face value of 20 yuan.
A) government coupons
Features: Public welfare and bonus coupons issued with financial funds.
B) social coupons
Features: Non-public welfare and non-dividend coupons purchased voluntarily by units and individuals (including overseas tourists).
C) transfer coupons
Features: In response to the international financial crisis, enterprises, in order to ensure employment and income, use various industrial development support funds and enterprise support incentive funds allocated by the government to develop reproduction, pay social insurance premiums, and purchase consumer vouchers for enterprises to purchase goods, services and employee welfare.
D) travel coupons
Features: government subsidy vouchers are specially issued to local tourists.
E) education and training vouchers
Features: It is used for subsidizing the on-the-job training of employees in difficult enterprises, migrant workers and unemployed university graduates.
2. In Japan, a "regional revitalization voucher" has been issued.
In Thailand, this is a "national salvation check".