Chinese Newsweek Client, February 10 (Wu Xiaowei) For most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), rent is a big expense when the resumption of work is delayed and there is no revenue. Recently, many places across the country have introduced new policies to support small and medium-sized enterprises to tide over the difficulties. China's new economic client statistics found that Beijing, Shanghai, Guangdong, Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Zhejiang, Shandong, Shanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Chongqing, Hainan and other 15 provinces explicitly for small and medium-sized enterprises to reduce or waive the rent.

Multiple places to encourage real estate developers to reduce or waive rents dozens of real estate developers to act

According to the "Shanghai Enterprise Service Cloud" previously on more than 2,000 small and medium-sized enterprises in Shanghai to do questionnaire surveys and focus on telephone interviews, 50% of the small and medium-sized enterprises surveyed have to worry about the cost of the special rent relief and so on there is a more The company's business model is based on the idea that it is the best way to make a difference in the lives of people.

Many provinces mentioned in the new policy to encourage large commercial buildings, shopping malls, market operators to reduce or waive the rent of tenants during the epidemic prevention and control. In response, a group of companies have already acted.

Poly Development Commercial Company for its 22 shopping centers tenants, part of the Spring Festival rent reduction; China Resources Land to reduce the national commercial projects all commercial tenants from January 25 to February 9 rent, involving about 14,000 stores; COFCO's Joy City Holdings will be its 13 commercial projects across the country tenants discretionary part of the Spring Festival rent reduction! China Merchants Shekou for industrial parks office customers, proposed to waive 50% of the rent from January 31 to February 9 in eight cities.

In addition, dozens of real estate companies, including Vanke Commercial, Wanda Commercial Management, Longhu Group, China Jinmao, Sanya International Duty Free, Overseas Chinese Town Group and other real estate companies have announced different degrees of rent reduction measures, choosing to "*** through the difficult times" with the commercial tenants. Joy City Holdings, Poly Development, etc. also actively organize merchants to vigorously develop online services.

Industry insiders commented that rent is an important cost of commercial tenants, but also the main source of profit for commercial real estate and other industries, the initiative to reduce the rent effectively alleviate the pressure on the operation of the commercial tenants, and enhance business confidence.

However, Lai Yang, executive vice president of the Beijing Business Economics Association, has said that many traditional businesses are currently in a state of closure, and although some landlords have offered to reduce or waive some of their rents, businesses are still facing a large cost burden, such as staff salary costs and rental costs. To help them get through the "winter", the government needs to give them some economic policy support.

Rent relief focuses on different industries

In order to further support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), some city districts have also introduced new rules on rent relief. According to the statistics of the client, Dalian, Shijiazhuang, Xingtai, Jinan, Qingdao, Yantai, Laoshan, Ankang, Xinxiang, Puyang, Shangqiu, Suzhou, Ningbo, Hefei, Ma'anshan, Tongling, Guangde, Xiangtan, Zhuzhou, Fuzhou, Foshan, Nanning, Huangpu District, Guangzhou, Zhuhai Hengqin New District, and other 24 places have also made clear provisions for the SMEs to reduce or waive rent.

Looking around the new policy it is not difficult to find, many places have proposed state-owned assets class operating rooms for small and medium-sized enterprises rent relief ranging from 1 to 3 months, but the focus is slightly different.

Beijing's focus on science and innovation SMEs and culture, tourism, catering and other affected industries. Clearly eligible Zhongguancun innovative small and medium-sized micro and medium-sized enterprises to give loan subsidies and subsidies for bonds, financial leasing costs; eligible small and medium-sized cultural enterprises financing, through the "investment and loan awards" policy to give subsidized interest rates, subsidies and other incentives; eligible small and medium-sized and start-up cultural enterprises rent, through the "rent pass" policy to give subsidies and other incentives. "Rent pass" policy to give rent subsidies; seriously affected by the epidemic or in the epidemic prevention and control work to protect the public's basic life of the key chain of restaurants (breakfast), vegetable stores (fresh food supermarkets), convenience stores and other outlets to set up the project, to give its housing rent and other support, the upper limit of the proportion of support from the original 50 percent to 70 percent.

Hebei Province, the lease of state-owned assets class business premises of the catering accommodation department store industry small and medium-sized enterprises exempted from 1 month's rent, free of half of the rent charged for 2 months. Shijiazhuang City also requires that enterprises renting state-owned assets and engaging in catering, hotels, convenience markets and other crowded industries be exempted from charging rent for February, and charged half the rent for March and April.

Shandong province mentioned that for small and medium-sized enterprises with financial payment difficulties, the collection of rent can be postponed, and the specific collection period will be determined by mutual agreement.

"The implementation of this policy is expected to reduce or waive rents by 3 to 4 billion yuan." Song Xuan Yi, director of the Political Research Division of the China Small and Medium Enterprises Development and Promotion Center, told the media that the current short-term support policies introduced around the world are timely rain, which solves the urgent needs of small and medium-sized enterprises. As a next step, it is suggested that governments at all levels can introduce policies and measures that support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises with a longer timeliness.

China Association of Small and Medium Enterprises Executive Chairman Zhang Jingqiang said, is still in the epidemic prevention and control of the critical period, many small and medium-sized enterprises can not be normal business, but effective policy measures to help enterprises "try to stop the loss", especially in the funds, taxes and other aspects of direct burden reduction, can be to a large extent buffer the negative impact of the epidemic on the enterprise, to help small and medium-sized enterprises to tide over the crisis. The company's business is not only a good example, but also a good example of how it can be used in the marketplace.