[Explanation] On August 8, Xinjiang held the 22nd press conference on epidemic prevention and control. Shang Yulan, deputy secretary-general of the Urumqi Municipal People’s Government, introduced that the government will provide living allowances to Uzbek workers in and outside Xinjiang. Domestic and foreign college graduates who come to Ukraine for interns will receive a living allowance of 600 yuan per person per month, and a food allowance of 600 yuan per person per month for the company where they are intern.

  Shang Yulan said that in order to reduce the impact of the epidemic, help companies solve difficulties and overcome difficulties. The government has introduced a number of policies and measures to alleviate the difficulties in the development of enterprises in terms of finance, tax reduction and fee reduction, and job stabilization.

  [Concurrent] Shang Yulan, Deputy Secretary-General of Urumqi Municipal People's Government

  Enterprises can appropriately reduce the housing provident fund payment ratio this year to a minimum of 5%; for projects that apply for construction permits before September 30, urban infrastructure supporting fees will be reduced or exempted based on the actual project volume this year. Support the production enterprises of epidemic prevention materials to increase production capacity, and for projects that effectively release production capacity, the municipal finance provides full loan interest discounts. Provide living allowances to stabilize employment. Living allowances are provided to Uzbekistan migrant workers from inside and outside Xinjiang. Among them, for the interns who graduate from colleges and secondary schools inside and outside Xinjiang, they will receive a living allowance of 600 yuan per month per person per month, and 600 yuan per person per month for food in the company where their internship is located. Subsidy.

  [Explanation] Shang Yulan also said that in terms of improving government services, remote approval services and electronic bidding were carried out in accordance with the principles of “online management” and “zero meeting”, and the approval time was reduced from the original 120 working days to 70 working days. . Guide financial institutions to support small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in financing and credit, and integrate the establishment of a 100 million yuan SME loan risk-sharing fund pool. For small, medium and micro enterprises that have difficulties in paying water, electricity, and gas fees in full, the deferred payment of "non-stop payment of arrears" assistance will be implemented. And use the "Urumqi City Enterprise Service Cloud Platform" to accurately connect with intentional cooperative companies, and launch cloud displays of industrial products such as food, clothing, and new materials.

  According to the notification, since the current round of the epidemic, the total number of confirmed cases cured and discharged from hospital and asymptomatic infections released from medical observation in a single day exceeded the number of newly reported infections for the first time since the current round of the epidemic, confirmed cases treated in hospital and those under medical observation Asymptomatic infections dropped for the first time.

  According to the official website of the Xinjiang Health Commission, as of 24:00 on August 7, there were 640 confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Xinjiang (including the Corps), 127 cases of asymptomatic infections, and 20,325 people under medical observation. From 0:00 on July 15 to 24:00 on August 7, a total of 108 confirmed cases were cured and discharged, and 67 cases of asymptomatic infection were released from medical observation.

  According to the report, in order to meet the travel needs of passengers at high-speed railway stations and airports during the epidemic, Urumqi used the government to purchase services to transport people leaving Urumqi to the railway station and airport for free. Before getting on the bus, passengers need to check whether there is a negative nucleic acid test report within 7 days and a certificate of leaving Uzbekistan for people who have left Uzbekistan, and register the passenger information.

  Reporter Zhao Yamin reports from Urumqi, Xinjiang

Editor in charge: [Chen Haifeng]