China News Service, Beijing, March 19 (Reporter Du Yan) The number of newly established enterprises in Beijing has been increasing for 7 consecutive months since August last year. From January to February this year, 33,000 new market entities were established, compared with last year. An increase of 91.47% over the same period in 2019, an increase of 18.42% over the same period in 2019, of which 13,000 new technology-based companies were established, an increase of 1.1 times over the same period last year and an increase of 63.63% over the same period in 2019.

　　This is what the reporter learned from the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission today.

The relevant person in charge said that small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households are the capillaries and microscopic cells of the national economy, which carry more than 70% of the employment in Beijing, and play an irreplaceable role in ensuring the operation of the city and the normal life of the people. The new crown pneumonia epidemic Bring some impact and influence on them.

　　The person in charge of the relevant department said that since last year, Beijing has successively introduced 16 measures to promote the sustainable and healthy development of small, medium and micro enterprises and 9 new measures to help enterprises overcome difficulties in extraordinary times.

　　According to data released by the Beijing Statistics Department, in 2020, facing the severe test of the new crown pneumonia epidemic and the complex and changeable internal and external environment, Beijing will unite to fight the epidemic, protect people's livelihood, and grasp development, and the economy will continue to recover.

　　Data shows that corporate profitability continues to improve and market confidence continues to increase.

From the perspective of enterprises, the activeness of market entities has increased. According to data from the Beijing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, the number of newly established enterprises in the city has been increasing month by month since August, with technology-based enterprises accounting for more than 40%.

From the perspective of residents, the consumer confidence survey showed that the consumer confidence index in the fourth quarter of 2020 was 122.6, an increase of 1.1 points from the previous quarter.

　　At present, epidemic prevention and control have become normal.

The person in charge of the relevant office said that in order to promote the recovery of production and operation of small, medium and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households.

In accordance with the unified deployment of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, the Beijing Municipal Development and Reform Commission, together with the Municipal Finance Bureau, the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, the Municipal Bureau of Commerce, and the People’s Bank of China’s Business Management Department, are sorting out and assessing the effects of existing policies and conducting extensive business research seminars. On the basis of the “Several Measures to Support Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Individual Industrial and Commercial Households to Prevent and Control the Normalized Epidemic and Accelerate the Recovery and Development” (hereinafter referred to as the “Measures”), they jointly studied and formulated the “Measures for Supporting Small and Medium-sized Enterprises and Individual Industrial and Commercial Households” (hereinafter referred to as “Several Measures”) to implement national requirements and combine the actual conditions of the city. Detailed and improved specific assistance measures such as tax reduction and fee reduction, financing support, and stabilization of employment, and effectively implemented various favorable enterprise policies in the first place to ensure that market players have a sense of gain.

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