The policy is based on a document jointly issued by a number of national ministries and commissions in 2020.

National Development and Reform Commission and other departments on the response to the new Crown pneumonia epidemic to further help small and micro enterprises in the service sector and individual industrial and commercial households to alleviate the pressure on housing rent

Development and Reform Investment Regulation [2020] No. 734

People's governments of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps:

Small and micro enterprises in the service sector and individual Small and micro enterprises in the service industry and individual business households play an important role in the prosperity of the market, promote employment and maintain stability. For the implementation of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council decision-making and deployment, to promote the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and economic and social development work, and to further help small and micro-enterprises in the service sector and individual business households to alleviate the pressure of housing rent, agreed by the State Council, the following views are put forward:

One, the general requirements

By the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the small and micro-enterprises in the service sector and the cost of individual business households housing rental expenditure Pressure, state-owned housing rental related subjects to take the lead in fulfilling their social responsibilities, take the initiative to help small and micro enterprises, encourage non-state-owned housing rental related subjects on the basis of equal consultation and reasonable sharing of losses caused by the epidemic. Governments at all levels should increase policy support, and financial institutions should provide appropriate support as needed. Housing rent reduction and deferred payment policies mainly support the operating difficulties of the service industry, small and micro enterprises and individual entrepreneurs, giving priority to help the serious impact of the epidemic, operating difficulties in the catering, accommodation, tourism, education and training, housekeeping, theaters and theaters, beauty salons and other industries.

Two, the implementation of housing rent reduction and exemption

(a) to promote the leasing of state-owned housing (including state-owned enterprises and government departments, colleges and universities, research institutes and other administrative institutions, hereinafter referred to as the same) used for the operation of small and micro-enterprises in the service industry and individual business households in difficulty, exempted from the first half of the three-month housing rent. Sublease, sublease state-owned housing, to ensure that the rent-free benefit to the final tenant.

(2) the state-owned housing owned by the central government (including state-owned housing owned by the relevant departments, central enterprises, central universities and research institutes, etc.) for rent, the implementation of the housing location of the small and medium-sized enterprises in the service industry and individual business households that have difficulties in the implementation of the housing rent support policy. If the performance of state-owned enterprises and institutions is affected by the reduction or exemption of rents, they will be recognized in the assessment according to the actual situation.

(3) for non-state housing leased for business, the service industry small and micro enterprises and individual business households, encourage the lessor to take into account the actual difficulties of the lessee, on the basis of equal consultation between the two sides, to reduce or postpone the collection of housing rent.