Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government issued Measures of Shenzhen to Support Enterprises in Overcoming Difficulties Brought by the Pneumonia Epidemic Caused by the Novel Coronavirus.
These measures include: (1) Enhancing services provided to key enterprises in combating the epidemic; (2) Reducing or exempting property rents; (3) Postponing the payment deadline of social insurance fees in accordance with laws and regulations; (4) Lowering the percentage of housing provident fund paid by enterprises; (5) Refunding urban sewage treatment fees to enterprises; (6) Reducing electricity costs of industrial and commercial enterprises; (7) Postponing tax payment deadlines and cutting taxes in accordance with laws and regulations; (8) Helping enterprises to maintain a stable cash flow; (9) Helping enterprises to lower financing costs; (10) Increasing industrial financing support; (11) Further unleashing dividends brought by the “four 100 billion yuan” policy; (12) Stepping up support for the operation of public transport across the city; (13) Beefing up assistance to enterprises in saving jobs; (14) Implementing policies for more flexible employment; (15) Increasing subsidies for enterprise employee skill training; (16) Strengthening export credit insurance service. 【Source: Shenzhen Municipal People’s Government】
GDFAO opened 24*7 hotline 1258088 for foreign friends in Guangdong
Starting from the midnight of Feb. 8 of the year 2020, a 24-hour English and Chinese hotline set up by Guangdong Foreign Affairs Office will open to the public. During the period of the prevention and control of the novel coronavirus, foreign nationals in Guangdong Province can call 1258088 for inquiries or assistance at anytime.
Deadlines for medical and social insurance fee payment and service application are postponed during the epidemic prevention and control period with benefits of enterprises and residents not being affected.
In addition to promoting online and phone services, Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau has also postponed the deadlines for social insurance fee payment and relevant service application. Enterprises that could not pay social insurance fees in time due to the epidemic outbreak are allowed to pay the fees later with no overdue fines charged. Residents and enterprises that are unable to submit social insurance service applications are allowed to submit when the prevention and control period is over, and their benefits will not be affected. Shenzhen Healthcare Security Bureau has also launched similar policies to secure the benefits of residents. Enterprises that could not pay medical insurance fees in time due to the epidemic outbreak are allowed to pay later with no overdue fines charged. Residents who are unable to submit medical insurance service applications or pay medical insurance fees are allowed to submit or pay later. This will not affect their credit record, nor their rights and benefits. 【Sources: Shenzhen Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, Shenzhen Healthcare Security Bureau】
547 trash bins for collecting used masks have been placed in metro stations to prevent secondary contamination.
To standardize the treatment of used masks, Shenzhen Metro has recently placed 547 trash bins specifically used to collect used protective materials such as face masks in more than 200 stations along 7 metro lines. In-station announcements as well as scrolling PIS screens in stations and trains are used to inform riders of disposing used masks in separation in such trash. 【Source: Shenzhen Transportation Bureau】
The Shenzhen branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange issued Kind Reminder on Foreign Exchange Services During the Prevention and Control Period for the Pneumonia Outbreak Caused by the Novel Coronavirus.
Multiple measures, including the combination of Internet and government services featuring online services, as well as contact-less methods such as mail submissions and emails, are advocated so that citizens do not need to leave their houses for foreign exchange services, which ensure both service efficiency and epidemic prevention and control. For those who must go to the counters for certain services, contact-less methods are adopted to effectively reduce the risk of cross-infection. 【Source: State Administration of Foreign Exchange, Shenzhen Branch】
Shenzhen Customs has set up express clearance channels for imported epidemic prevention and control goods.
Goods such as masks and gloves are what citizens are in urgent need of for the prevention and control of the epidemic. As supply in China remains tight, many have chosen to order these materials online from other countries and regions. By Jan. 31, Shenzhen Customs has provided express clearance service to more than 3,400 batches of epidemic prevention control goods totaling 765,000 packages. These goods, mainly masks, liquid soaps, disinfectants, goggles and gloves, have helped ease the shortage in supply of epidemic prevention and control goods. 【Source: Shenzhen Customs】
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