Zhongxin Finance, March 30 (Zuo Yukun) Under the epidemic, business has been affected, but rent cannot be suspended, which can be said to be one of the biggest worries of many merchants.

　　Recently, from the central government to the local government, policies for rent reduction and exemption for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households have been introduced repeatedly, supporting these enterprises with real money.

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Implement it as soon as possible!

3 to 6 months rent reduction

　　A few days ago, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission issued a document requesting to do a good job in the rent reduction and exemption of small and micro individual households in the service industry in 2022. In 2022, the service industry small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in the county-level administrative area where the epidemic medium and high-risk areas are located are renting central enterprises. 6 months rent for the year.

　　Among them, the fourth quarter is classified as a high-risk area of ​​the epidemic, and the rent will be reduced for 6 months in full by means of rent cancellation in the current year or reduction or exemption in the next year, and 3 months of rent reduction in other areas.

　　The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission also put forward time requirements for the implementation of the policy.

The general 3-month rent reduction work should strive to actually complete the main work in the first half of the year, and the supplementary 3-month rent reduction work should be completed within 2 months after it is classified as a medium-high-risk area.

　　The State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission issued a document to urge central enterprises to study and determine the specific implementation rules of the rent reduction and exemption policy and implement them.

Because at an earlier time, the policy of rent reduction and exemption has been introduced.

　　In February, 14 departments including the National Development and Reform Commission issued the "Several Policies on Promoting the Recovery and Development of Difficult Industries in the Service Industry", which made it clear that in 2022, the service industry small and micro enterprises in the county-level administrative areas where the epidemic medium and high risk areas are located. Enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households rent state-owned houses, and the rent will be reduced for 6 months in 2022, and the rent for other areas will be reduced for 3 months.

　　The supporting policy proposes that if the performance of state-owned enterprises and institutions is affected by rent reduction or exemption, they shall be recognized according to the actual situation in the assessment.

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Detailed rules for rent reduction and exemption in many places frequently appear

　　Small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households are the key market players to stabilize employment, protect people's livelihood, and promote innovation.

According to data from the State Administration for Market Regulation, by the end of 2021, there will be 154 million registered market entities nationwide, including 103 million individual industrial and commercial households, and 90% of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households are in the service industry.

　　After the promulgation of the policy, the detailed implementation rules for rent reduction and exemption in various places have been gradually introduced.

According to incomplete statistics from China-Singapore Finance and Economics, more than ten provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government) have issued detailed implementation rules so far.

——Henan

　　Henan is a province that responded quickly.

In February, Henan issued a notice stating that for small and medium-sized micro-business enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households that rent state-owned assets for business use and cannot operate normally due to the impact of the epidemic, the rent will be waived for 3 months, and the rent will be halved for 6 months.

——Anhui

　　At the beginning of March, Anhui issued a notice to clarify that small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households that lease state-owned enterprises for business use or property rights of administrative institutions will be exempted from housing for 3 months (February, March, April) in 2022. For rent, subletting and subletting, the waiver of house rent must be implemented to the final tenant.

——Jiangsu

　　Jiangsu requires that if the county-level administrative region where the state-owned housing is located is not included in the medium and high-risk areas in 2022, the rent will be exempted from March to May; On the basis, the rent will be extended or reduced or exempted for an additional 3 months from the current month.

If the county-level administrative region where the state-owned housing is located has been included in the medium and high-risk areas in 2022, the rent from March to August will be free.

--Harbin, Heilongjiang Province

　　"Harbin City's Policies and Measures to Support the Bailout of Small, Medium and Micro Enterprises" shows that on the basis that the rent has been reduced or exempted for enterprises for 6 months, the administrative institutions of the municipal, district and county (city) governments that have rented before the date of this policy are released. Small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households with real estate owned by state-owned enterprises will be exempted from rent for 3 months in 2022 or extend the rental period for another 3 months free of charge, that is, a total of 9 months of rent reduction.

--Shanghai

　　Shanghai's "Several Policies and Measures to Fully Fight the Epidemic and Help Enterprises Promote Development" pointed out that in response to the impact of this round of epidemic on enterprises, Shanghai has researched and formulated stronger support policies: Shanghai's housing rent reduction objects have expanded from the service industry stipulated by the state. to all industries.

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"Hopefully more private enterprises and individual landlords will pay attention"

　　Mr. Lai opened a coffee shop in Sichuan, and he told Zhongxin Finance that he went to register early after learning about the rent reduction and exemption policy.

　　"The location of my coffee shop was once classified as a medium-risk area, and it was a rented state-owned property. It just met the conditions. The county-level reduction and exemption were 6 months, and other places were 3 months." Mr. Lai said that in the registration process, in addition to the basic Commonly used documents, the most important is a piece of "Sichuan Provincial Organs State-owned Housing Paid Use Contract".

　　It can be seen that this round of rent reduction and exemption policies mainly benefit tenants of state-owned houses.

Therefore, there are also more voices calling for more attention to the tenants of non-state-owned houses.

　　Ms. Qiu opened a clothing store in Anhui. She told Zhongxin Finance that from the second half of 2021, the business of the entire shopping mall suddenly became not very good, and the merchants went to talk to the boss about rent reduction.

Later, the boss successively reduced the rent and some miscellaneous expenses for 4 months, and the annual rent changed from more than 50,000 yuan to more than 30,000 yuan.

　　"This price must have been unthinkable before. Although the business is difficult, I have encountered a 'good landlord in China', and I am thinking of sticking to it for another year." Ms. Qiu said.

　　The "Several Policies on Promoting the Recovery and Development of Difficult Industries in the Service Industry" also proposes that all localities can coordinate various types of funds to provide appropriate assistance to small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in the service industry that rent non-state-owned houses.

Industry analysts believe that the healthy development of the service industry can be truly promoted only if the entire industry takes the initiative to share costs and resolve difficulties.

　　Of course, "the landlord also has to live and eat."

After the call for rent relief appeared, the interests of landlords should not be ignored.

Previously, Sichuan had introduced measures whereby all localities could provide appropriate financial subsidies to landlords who reduced or exempted rents.

　　In this regard, Cheng Ke, deputy director of the Cultural and Legal Research Center of the School of Cultural Industry Management, Communication University of China, suggested that after the rent is reduced or exempted, in order to balance the interests of the landlord, relevant government departments may consider appropriate subsidies to the lessor, and the form of subsidies can be tax incentives, etc.

　　Have you ever met a "good landlord in China"?

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