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The epidemic situation in novel coronavirus is unforeseeable, unavoidable and insurmountable. With reference to the Supreme People's Court's previous opinions on handling related cases during SARS, it can be characterized as a force majeure event.

because of the force majeure of the epidemic, the relevant lessee can't stop business and the purpose of the contract can't be achieved. At this time, the lessee can claim that the fundamental purpose of renting the house cannot be achieved or continue to fulfill the obligation to pay rent, and obviously unfair will ask for rent relief. The important notice issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development on February 26, 2121 also confirmed that the epidemic was a force majeure situation as agreed in the contract. The minutes of the judges' meeting of the First People's Court of Shandong Higher People's Court concerning the construction contract dispute case of the epidemic construction project also found that if the parties could not perform their contractual obligations at all due to the impact of the epidemic, it should be considered as force majeure.