To implement the “several policies and measures of Shanghai to fight the epidemic and help enterprises promote development”, various departments in Shanghai have quickly implemented them. Today, they have launched implementation rules to reduce the burden on enterprises.
small and micro enterprises and industrial and commercial self-employed households who rent houses of state-owned enterprises can be reduced or exempted for up to 6 months
Small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households are the “capillaries” of China’s economy. On March 31, Shanghai SASAC issued the detailed rules for the implementation of housing rent reduction by state-owned enterprises in Shanghai for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households (hereinafter referred to as the “detailed rules”) to implement the policy of housing rent reduction by state-owned enterprises in Shanghai for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households.
The implementation rules specify that the municipal and District State-owned enterprise groups (including entrusted supervision enterprises) supervised by Shanghai municipal and District SASAC and the subordinate enterprises included in the consolidated statements are the subject of policy implementation. The relief objects are small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households engaged in production and business activities of the main house finally contracted and leased (hereinafter referred to as the final lessee).
The implementation rules are implemented in two files. The first gear is generally exempted from three months’ rent. The final lessee in all areas will be exempted from 3 months’ rent in 2022. If the final lessee has a lease term of less than one year in 2022, it will enjoy rent free in proportion to the lease term.
The second gear is increased and exempted from three months’ rent. During the duration of the lease contract, in 2022, it will be listed as the final lessee in the administrative area of the street town where the high-risk area of the epidemic is located, or the final lessee who is sealed, closed down and requisitioned according to the epidemic prevention requirements of relevant departments, as well as the final lessee with annual operating losses. After providing any of the above supporting materials, the rent will be exempted for another three months in 2022, and a total of six months in the whole year.
Meanwhile, if the final lessee has a lease term of less than one year in 2022, it will enjoy rent free in proportion to the lease term. The final lessee who meets the rent exemption conditions of the second gear shall increase the exemption amount by no more than 3 months.
According to the detailed rules for implementation, state-owned enterprises shall implement rent reduction and exemption by means of direct exemption, deduction or return from subsequent rents based on the principle of convenience and efficiency. For houses with sublease behavior, the sublessee does not enjoy the rent reduction policy, and the small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households finally leased and operated enjoy the rent reduction policy.
Among them, if the sublessee is a state-owned enterprise in this city, it shall jointly bear the reduced rent with the house property right party to the extent of the rent actually received; If the sublessee is a non-state-owned enterprise, it shall cooperate with the house property owner and the sublessee of state-owned enterprise to implement all the rent reduced and exempted to the final lessee, and encourage the sublessee of non-state-owned enterprise to give appropriate assistance to small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households.
It is reported that the detailed rules for implementation shall come into force as of the date of printing and distributing.
expand the scope of discount interest, reduce the financing cost of cultural enterprises, and appropriately subsidize cinemas closed due to the epidemic
On the same day, the Publicity Department of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee took the lead in jointly formulating and printing several policies and measures to fully support the healthy development of cultural enterprises in the city in combating the epidemic (hereinafter referred to as “policies and measures”) with relevant units to help cultural enterprises tide over the difficulties.
The policy measures include 16 measures in four aspects: comprehensively reducing the burden on cultural enterprises, adjusting and optimizing support funds in the cultural field, creating Shanghai New Culture Media Group Co.Ltd(300336) financial service supply, and continuously optimizing the business service environment.
in terms of reducing the burden on cultural enterprises, the policy measures puts forward three measures first, promote the implementation of the city’s policy of helping enterprises to relieve poverty and implement it in the field of culture. Second, continue to reduce the collection of construction fees for cultural undertakings. Third, coordinate the implementation of housing rent reduction and exemption policies. These include promoting municipal and district state-owned cultural enterprises to effectively implement the rent reduction and exemption policy for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households as soon as possible, and ensuring that rent free measures benefit the final lessee.
in terms of adjusting and optimizing support funds in the cultural field, the policy measures puts forward five measures first, strengthen the guidance and support for the creation of key literary and artistic projects. Second, increase financial support for cultural enterprises in difficulty. Third, accept the application materials as appropriate. Fourth, adjust the acceptance of projects of Shanghai Cultural Development Foundation. Fifth, adjust the project management of Shanghai cultural and creative support funds. Among them, the “policies and measures” specify that cinemas closed due to the impact of the epidemic will be given appropriate subsidies and support based on the national special fund for the development of film industry.
in terms of the supply of financial services, the policy measures put forward three measures first, reduce the financing cost of cultural enterprises. Expand the scope of discount interest, and provide discount interest subsidies to the loans of small, medium and micro cultural and creative enterprises provided by the banks affiliated to the municipal cultural and creative characteristic sub branch with the support funds of Shanghai cultural and creative industry. Reduce the guarantee rate and support the state-owned cultural guarantee companies to give a preferential guarantee rate of at least 0.5% per year to difficult cultural and creative enterprises established by various districts or recognized by cultural and creative industry associations. Reduce the interest rate of small loans and support the state-owned cultural small loan companies to provide preferential loan interest rate with the average interest rate of small loan market falling by 30% in the same period. Second, smooth the channels of cultural and financial services. Third, create Shanghai New Culture Media Group Co.Ltd(300336) financial service products.
In terms of optimizing the business service environment, the policy measures proposed to implement the public welfare plan for copyright protection services, initiate the establishment of a copyright transaction promotion alliance, and establish an online copyright protection service public welfare mechanism.
interpretation of the detailed rules for the implementation of housing rent reduction for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in Shanghai by state-owned enterprises
In order to implement the policy of reducing and exempting housing rents of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households by state-owned enterprises in Shanghai, Shanghai SASAC interprets the detailed rules for the implementation of reducing and exempting housing rents of small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households by state-owned enterprises in Shanghai as follows:
01 how to identify the implementation subject of rent reduction
The implementation subjects of this rent reduction are municipal and District State-owned enterprise groups (including entrusted supervision enterprises) supervised by Shanghai and District SASAC and subordinate enterprises included in the scope of consolidated statements.
Among them, for municipal state-owned enterprise groups (including entrusted supervision enterprises), please refer to the website of the municipal SASAC; The district owned enterprise groups (including entrusted supervision enterprises) shall be determined according to the information publicly disclosed by the SASAC of each district; Subordinate enterprises of state-owned enterprise groups included in the scope of consolidated statements can contact with each enterprise group for confirmation.
Collective enterprises in this city can refer to the rent free policy. Central enterprises and local state-owned enterprises in other provinces and cities shall implement the policies issued by their state-owned assets supervision departments, and private enterprises and foreign-funded enterprises are not within the scope specified in the detailed rules for implementation.
02 which houses are included in the scope of rent reduction
The houses with rent reduction and exemption this time are the self owned operating houses and use right houses of the implementation subject. Among them, the right to use housing refers to the public non residential housing that has established a public housing lease relationship according to law, implements the rent standards stipulated by the municipal government, and is operated and managed by relevant state-owned enterprises in this city.
03 how to identify the applicable object of rent reduction
The applicable objects are small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households (hereinafter referred to as the final lessee) engaged in production and business activities of the final contracted and leased main house.
Small and micro enterprises shall be identified with reference to the classification standard of statistical large, medium, small and micro enterprises (2017) and the notice on printing and distributing the provisions on the classification standard of financial enterprises (Yin Fa [2015] No. 309). Large and medium-sized enterprise groups and their subsidiaries and state-owned enterprises that are finally leased and operated are not within the scope of application of this rent free policy.
Individual industrial and commercial households refer to the operators whose business license registration type is “individual industrial and commercial households”.
04 how to determine the reduction period
The implementing entity exempts the final lessee from part of the rent in 2022, which is implemented in two stages.
The first gear is generally exempted from three months’ rent. The final lessee in all areas will be exempted from 3 months’ rent in 2022. If the final lessee has a lease term of less than one year in 2022, it will enjoy rent free in proportion to the lease term.
For the second gear, increase and exempt the rent for 3 months. During the duration of the lease contract, in 2022, it will be listed as the final lessee in the administrative area of the street town where the high-risk area of the epidemic is located, or the final lessee who is sealed, closed down and requisitioned according to the epidemic prevention requirements of relevant departments, as well as the final lessee with annual operating losses. After providing any of the above supporting materials, the rent will be exempted for another three months in 2022, and a total of six months in the whole year. If the final lessee has a lease term of less than one year in 2022, it will enjoy rent free in proportion to the lease term. The final lessee who meets the rent exemption conditions of the second gear shall increase the exemption amount by no more than 3 months.
If the high-risk areas in the same street occur for many times, and the house is sealed, closed down and expropriated for many times, the final lessee who has enjoyed the second grade reduction will not enjoy it again. Before the outbreak of high-risk areas in the epidemic, and before the house is sealed, closed down and requisitioned, the final lessee who fails to renew the lease after the expiration of the lease will not retroactively enjoy the second grade reduction.
05 when can the rent be reduced
The first stage is generally exempted from three-month rent, which will be basically completed by the end of June 2022.
In the second stage, the rent will be exempted for three months, which will be handled according to the actual situation of the middle and high-risk areas of the epidemic and the notification of closure, closure and requisition by relevant departments.
how to identify high-risk areas in 06 epidemic situation
The information published by the National Health Commission, Shanghai Municipal Health Commission, Shanghai release, Shanghai covid-19 pneumonia epidemic prevention and control press conference and other official channels shall prevail.
07 how to identify the serious impact on business activities due to the implementation of epidemic prevention requirements
When the final lessee receives the notice from the relevant department that the leased house is under closed management, closed down, temporarily requisitioned, or the final lessee suffers annual operating losses, the final lessee shall issue any of the above supporting materials.
08 what if the lease term of the final lessee is less than one year
If the final lessee has a lease term of less than one year in 2022, the final lessee will enjoy rent free in proportion to the lease term.
09 what about subletting the houses of state-owned enterprises in this city
For houses with sublease behavior, the sublessee does not enjoy the rent reduction policy, and the small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households finally leased and operated enjoy the rent reduction policy. Among them, if the sublessee is a state-owned enterprise in this city, it shall jointly bear the reduced rent with the house property right party to the extent of the rent actually received; If the sublessee is a non-state-owned enterprise, it shall cooperate with the house property owner and the sublessee of state-owned enterprise to implement all the rent reduced and exempted to the final lessee, and encourage the sublessee of non-state-owned enterprise to give appropriate assistance to small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households.
10 how to determine the rent free amount
The rent free amount is subject to the lease contract, excluding property fees, parking fees and other management fees. If the monthly rent is inconsistent, it shall be determined by both parties through negotiation. If the lease contract involves rent free or preferential rent, the amount of reduction shall be calculated based on the paid in annual rent, or determined by both parties through negotiation.
11 how do state-owned enterprises in this city organize the implementation of rent reduction
The municipal and District SASAC and the entrusted regulatory units are responsible for guiding and urging the supervised enterprises to implement the rent reduction and exemption policy.
Each enterprise group is responsible for organizing and implementing the rent reduction and exemption policy. First, establish a working mechanism. Clarify the person in charge, responsible department, staff and task division. Second, formulate implementation plans and guide subordinate enterprises to make work deployment. Announcements are made to the public through platforms such as official website and official account of WeChat. The contents include: the main body of implementation, the applicable objects, the scope of rent free, and the operation process. Third, fulfill the filing procedures. Timely report the implementation plan and the rent reduction and exemption after summary and approval to the SASAC at the municipal and district levels for the record.
Each implementing entity shall fulfill the responsibility of rent reduction and exemption. Each implementing entity shall, in accordance with the implementation plan of the enterprise group, contact with each lessee, cooperate with the enterprise group to make a thorough investigation, and form two lists of real estate lessee and final lessee. According to the situation, the lessee shall be informed in time through announcements, telephone, Internet and other means. For the lessee within the scope of the policy, it shall be guided to apply for rent reduction and exemption procedures according to the process. For the lessee who does not meet the conditions for rent reduction and exemption, it shall do a good job in policy interpretation.
For state-owned enterprises involving other non-state-owned minority shareholders, the controlling shareholders should give full play to their role, strengthen communication and coordination, and strive for support and understanding; When it comes to listed and financial enterprises, we should strengthen follow-up guidance, standardize operation and prevent risks in strict accordance with relevant regulations.
12 how does the final lessee handle rent reduction
Within the scope of the policy, the lessee shall submit the application for rent reduction and exemption and relevant supporting materials (including the supporting materials of the lessee and the final lessee) to the acceptance department in accordance with the contents notified by the state-owned enterprise, and apply for rent reduction and exemption. After the exemption and reduction items are approved, the exemption and reduction procedures shall be handled with the notice of rent exemption and reduction and the confirmation of the final lessee.
what is the 13 handling process
It shall be handled according to the procedures of investigation, notification, acceptance, approval, feedback and filing. The specific handling methods, responsible subjects and handling time limit of each link shall be determined according to the implementation plan of the enterprise group.
14 how do state-owned enterprises involving non-state-owned minority shareholders operate
For state-owned enterprises involving other non-state-owned minority shareholders, the controlling shareholders should give full play to their role, strengthen communication and coordination, and strive for support and understanding; If there are other provisions in laws, regulations and relevant regulatory authorities involving listed companies and financial enterprises, the necessary procedures shall be performed according to their provisions.
15 how to deal with other unspecified matters
Other matters not covered in the policy rent reduction and exemption shall be supported by “one enterprise, one policy” and “one matter, one discussion”.
16 where to consult if you have any questions
The municipal and district state owned assets supervision and Administration Commission, entrusted supervision units and relevant state-owned enterprises have set up consultation telephones, and specially assigned special lines are responsible for policy answers and business guidance. The consultation telephone was opened after April 5, and adjusted according to the epidemic prevention and control. The telephone number is updated from time to time.
