Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, May 5th.

Question : Increase assistance!

The State Council further provides relief for small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households

  Xinhua News Agency reporters Shen Cheng and Zhang Qianqian

  Hurry up to implement the determined policies and measures such as tax rebates, tax reductions and fee reductions, delay in payment of social insurance premiums, logistics guarantees, and promotion of enterprises' resumption of work and production; increase policy support, especially financial support... The State Council executive meeting held on the 5th Deploy further relief measures for small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households to ensure stable employment for market players.

  A large number of small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households are an important foundation for stabilizing the economy and the main support for stabilizing employment. At present, the difficulties of relevant market players have increased significantly.

The meeting made it clear that it is necessary to implement the deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council and increase assistance.

  Implementing policies and measures such as reducing the burden on enterprises as soon as possible is given the top priority.

The meeting demanded that policies and measures such as tax rebates, tax reductions and fee reductions, delay in payment of social security premiums, logistics guarantees and smooth operations, and the promotion of enterprises to resume work and reach production should be put in place as soon as possible.

To ensure that all small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households will be fully refunded by June 30, the remaining amount of the VAT credits, and eligible medium-sized enterprises should also complete the tax refund earlier than this time limit.

  "Tax rebates and tax reductions are a key measure to stabilize the macroeconomic market. It is estimated that the annual tax rebates and tax reductions will be about 2.5 trillion yuan." Xu Hongcai, deputy minister of the Ministry of Finance, said that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Finance has issued more than 20 tax and fee support policies.

At present, the implementation of various tax rebates, tax reduction and fee reduction policies is being accelerated.

  It is reported that finance and taxation departments at all levels are closely cooperating to speed up the processing of tax refunds.

Since April 1, the tax refund for the stock of micro-enterprises and other industries has been processed, and as of April 28, a tax refund of 625.6 billion yuan has been processed.

The Ministry of Finance said it will refund the remaining tax credits for small and medium-sized companies in advance in May, and will speed up the tax refund process for large companies after that.

  In terms of financial support, the meeting pointed out that this year, large state-owned banks increased inclusive small and micro loans by 1.6 trillion yuan, guiding banks to strengthen active services.

Reasonable loan renewal, extension, and adjustment of repayment arrangements for small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households will not affect credit records, and penalty interest will be waived.

  Dong Ximiao, a part-time researcher at the Financial Research Institute of Fudan University, said that large state-owned banks should further shoulder their responsibilities and continue to take advantage of low capital costs and many institutional outlets, increase credit and financial services for small and micro enterprises, and appropriately reduce loan interest rates. , to better support the recovery and development of the real economy.

  Expand the business coverage of the National Financing Guarantee Fund and government financing guarantee institutions to small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households; all localities should arrange special funds for the rescue of small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households, and provide rent, guarantee fees, and loan interest to those with operational difficulties and other subsidies; encourage local governments to implement phased preferential electricity prices for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households and "non-stop supply of water, electricity and gas", and make up payment within 6 months; reduce the average tariff of small and medium-sized enterprises for broadband and private lines 10%; by the end of May, comprehensively investigate the outstanding accounts of small and medium-sized enterprises by government agencies, institutions, and large enterprises... The meeting also clarified a number of support measures, focusing on "unloading burdens" and "adding vitality" to enterprises.

  In addition, the meeting also proposed to introduce specific measures to support the healthy development of the platform economy as soon as possible.

In this regard, Dong Ximiao believes that promoting the healthy development of the platform economy will help stabilize market expectations and confidence, and give better play to the positive role of the platform economy in promoting development and stabilizing employment.