Multiple strategies are adopted to increase the relief efforts of enterprises (authoritative release)

  The General Office of the State Council recently issued the "Notice on Further Increasing Relief and Assistance for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises". In response to the outstanding problems encountered in the recent development of small and medium-sized enterprises, it has proposed to increase financial support for relief and further promote tax cuts. 9 specific measures such as using various financial policy tools flexibly and accurately, promoting alleviating the pressure of rising costs, strengthening electricity security, supporting enterprises to stabilize jobs and expanding jobs, guaranteeing payment for small and medium-sized enterprises, focusing on expanding market demand, and comprehensively consolidating responsibilities.

  On the 23rd, the State Council Information Office held a regular policy briefing. Xu Xiaolan, deputy minister of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, said that since this year, policy support for small and medium-sized enterprises has continued to increase, the development environment has continued to be optimized, and the overall production and operation have maintained a stable recovery.

In the first three quarters, the total profits of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises increased by 32.5% year-on-year

  "The Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises. In recent years, a series of policies and measures have been introduced in fiscal, taxation and finance, business environment, public services, etc., to continuously increase support for small and medium-sized enterprises, and the stable and healthy development of small and medium-sized enterprises has achieved positive results. "Xu Xiaolan said.

  First, the number of enterprises has grown steadily.

At present, my country's market entities have reached 150 million, of which 46 million are enterprises, and more than 99% of the enterprises are small and medium-sized enterprises.

The second is the stable recovery of economic benefits.

From January to September this year, the operating income and total profits of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 22.8% and 32.5% year-on-year, respectively, which were 2.7% and 13.2% higher than the same period in 2019.

The third is to maintain overall stability in employment.

As of the end of September, there were 50.102 million employees in small and medium-sized industrial enterprises above designated size, accounting for 68.2% of those employed in industrial enterprises above designated size.

The fourth is the continuous enhancement of innovation vitality.

In 2020, R&D expenditures of small and medium-sized industrial enterprises above designated size increased by 12.1% year-on-year, and 845,000 patents were filed, a year-on-year increase of 20.0%.

  Xu Xiaolan introduced that in terms of innovation and vitality, this year's specialization and new "little giant" enterprises have performed well.

Recently, the 2020 National Science and Technology Awards were announced. Among them, 13 projects were applied for by specialized and new “little giant” enterprises.

On November 15th, the Beijing Stock Exchange opened. More than half of the 81 first listed companies were "specialized, special-new" small and medium-sized enterprises, of which 16 were specialized, special-new "little giant" enterprises.

Cultivate the third batch of 2,930 state-level specialized and new "little giant" enterprises this year

  "Since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has coordinated with relevant departments to help small and medium-sized enterprises alleviate their difficulties and promote the steady and healthy development of small and medium-sized enterprises. This can be summarized in the eight words of'take less, give more, serve, and cultivate excellent'." Liang Zhifeng said.

  In terms of "taking less", the efforts to reduce taxes and fees have been increased. In the first three quarters, the nationwide new tax and fee reductions were 910 billion yuan, and 70% of small and micro enterprises with operating cooperation income did not need to pay taxes.

Reduce the payment handling fees of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households. According to estimates, the annual handling fee expenditure for market entities will be reduced by approximately 24 billion yuan.

Lower loan interest rates. According to a survey conducted by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, 42.1% of loan companies reported enjoying preferential interest rates.

  In terms of "giving more", this year the central government has newly added funds to support the high-quality development of "specialized, special, new". Currently, it has allocated 3.5 billion yuan to support the high-quality development of more than 1,300 "little giants" enterprises, and arranged 3 billion yuan for continued implementation. Small and micro enterprise financing guarantee fee reduction policy.

  "This year, 300 billion yuan of small re-loan lines will be added to support local corporate banks to increase loans for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households." Zou Lan, Director of the Financial Market Department of the People's Bank of China, introduced that from 2020 to October this year, banks have accumulated The deferred principal and interest payment for 14.4 trillion loans, of which 11.8 trillion yuan was supported for the deferred principal and interest repayment of small, medium and micro enterprises, and a total of 9.1 trillion yuan of inclusive small and micro credit loans were issued.

From January to October this year, nearly 20,000 small, medium and micro enterprises were supported to obtain financing of 1.46 trillion yuan.

By the end of October this year, the overall loan-acquisition rate of specialized and new "little giant" enterprises exceeded 70%, and the average loan balance per household was 75.26 million yuan.

  In terms of "services", from January to October, the public service system for small and medium-sized enterprises led 110,000 service organizations to provide more than 4.76 million services around the common needs of small and medium-sized enterprises such as policy release, technological innovation, investment and financing, talent training, and market development. 60.98 million enterprises (times).

  In terms of “cultivating excellence”, we will improve the gradient cultivation system for high-quality small and medium-sized enterprises. This year, we have cultivated the third batch of 2,930 national-level specialized, special-new “little giant” enterprises, and spurred the cultivation of 40,000 provincial-level “specialized, special-new” small and medium-sized enterprises. Many, 117,000 stores have been cultivated.

Give full play to the policy guiding role of the National SME Development Fund.

Up to now, 16 direct investment sub-funds have been established, with a total of nearly 600 investment projects, with an investment amount of approximately 21 billion yuan. This year, the number of small and medium-sized enterprises investing in early-stage growth-oriented enterprises has reached 75%.

Further stimulate the innovation vitality and development momentum of SMEs

  "Currently, the domestic and international economic situation is still complicated and severe, and the instability and uncertainty are obviously increasing. The development of small and medium-sized enterprises is facing some new situations and problems, and downward pressure is increasing." Xu Xiaolan said.

On October 20, the executive meeting of the State Council studied and deployed policies to further increase support for the relief of small, medium and micro enterprises, and required multiple strategies to increase the relief of enterprises in a targeted manner.

  According to reports, the "Notice on Further Increasing Relief and Assistance to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" includes both the in-depth implementation of the policies that have been introduced, and new proposals such as helping small and medium-sized enterprises to use futures hedging tools to deal with the risk of large fluctuations in raw material costs. Initiatives.

  At the same time, the Office of the Leading Group for the Promotion of the Development of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises of the State Council recently issued the "List of Practical Work for "Specialized, Specially New" Small and Medium-sized Enterprises" and "Several Measures to Improve the Competitiveness of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises."

The former aims at cultivating more "specialized, special-new" SMEs and promoting "specialized, special-new" SMEs to accelerate the realization of high-quality development, and proposes covering fiscal and taxation support, credit support, direct financing support, industrial chain collaborative innovation, and innovation. There are 10 practical things and 31 specific tasks, including capacity improvement, digital transformation, talent intellectual support, market development, precise docking services, and activities for 10,000 people to help 10,000 enterprises.

The latter aims to enhance the competitiveness of SMEs, focusing on innovation leadership, financing support, digital development, green development, quality and management, and talent quality. It proposes 11 aspects and 34 measures to further stimulate SME innovation. Vitality and motivation for development.

  "The above three documents have formed the '1+2' long-short policy'combined punch' to support the development of small and medium-sized enterprises."

Xu Xiaolan said that when small and medium-sized enterprises are good, China's economy will be good. It is necessary to help small and medium-sized enterprises to tide over the difficulties and accelerate the improvement of their competitiveness.

  Our reporter Wang Zheng