On March 25, Qin Zhihui, deputy director of the Small and Medium Enterprise Bureau of the Ministry of Electrical and Information Technology of the People's Republic of China, stated on March 25 that the current rate of resumption of work for SMEs has steadily increased. According to the monitoring of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the resumption rate of SMEs on March 24 has reached 71.7% , An increase of 42.1 percentage points from February 23.
The State Council ’s joint prevention and control mechanism held a press conference on March 25, introducing the new generation of information technology to help the epidemic prevention and control, resumption of production and production of small and medium-sized enterprises. Some reporters asked: SMEs have been affected by the epidemic. As the competent department of small and medium-sized enterprises, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued 20 measures on February 9 to help small and medium-sized enterprises return to work and resume production and tide over difficulties. How effective are these measures? Has the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology made relevant dispatches?
Data sheet: Workers work on the final assembly line. Photo by Zhang Chang from China News Agency
Qin Zhihui said that the current resumption rate of SMEs has steadily increased. According to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology's monitoring of SMEs using cloud platforms, the resumption rate of SMEs has reached 71.7% on March 24, an increase of 42.1 percentage points from February 23. The change is still very obvious.
Qin Zhihui pointed out that the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued a document on February 9 to guide local governments to provide services for the resumption of work of SMEs. In this process, the specific work of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology is mainly reflected in these aspects:
Introduce policies . First, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology issued policies to guide local governments to actively and steadily promote the resumption of production and production of SMEs. In addition, the relevant departments of the State Council have been promoting a series of policies to gradually reduce the VAT rate of small-scale taxpayers, exempt social insurance premiums for SMEs, micro- and micro-enterprises, temporarily defer repayment of principals and interests, and increase preferential interest rate loans. The coordinating mechanism of the State Council Leading Group for Promoting the Development of Small and Medium Enterprises. The office is located in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. At the same time, the Special Action Plan for Digital Enabling of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises was issued to promote the empowerment of small and medium-sized enterprises with digitalization, networking, and intelligence to help resume work and production.
Refinement services . Guide local SME authorities to strengthen bank-enterprise docking, accelerate the implementation of the policy of financial support for small and micro enterprises to resume work and resume production, and at the same time, launch "enterprise micro-classes" to strengthen online training for SMEs. According to statistics, more than 370 courses have been launched and the total number of visits has reached more than 8.3 million. This "enterprise micro-lecture" was launched during the epidemic and its positioning is "three delivery": delivery policy, delivery management, delivery technology, Provide free public welfare services for the majority of SMEs.
Point and plane combination . Give priority to supporting the resumption of production of industrial companies with a long industrial chain such as automobiles and electronics, and to resume production. According to the priorities of key industries and key areas, a list of 50 large-scale leading enterprises and more than 7,000 core supporting SMEs has been formed. Coordinated and accurate services, promote the linkage between provinces, and large and medium-sized enterprises to resume work.
Facilitate implementation . The first is to strengthen the preaching of policies. The second is to understand the problems faced by enterprises in the process of returning to work and production through video conferences, corporate interviews, and questionnaires. The third is to promote the implementation and resolution of related issues.