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enterprises, to address prominent problems in the distribution of fresh
agricultural products that are hindering the development of enterprises and
private enterprises in particular.
 Electricity costs for enterprises: We published the Notice on Implementing
Two-Part Tariff in Electricity to Reduce Enterprise Electricity Costs during
Epidemic Prevention and Control, as well as the Notice on Temporarily
Reducing Enterprise Electricity Costs to Support the Resumption of Work and
Production, which mandated the implementation of two-part tariff in electricity
before June 30, 2020; and a 5% cut in the price of electricity for all industrial and
commercial users, with the exception of energy intensive businesses, from
February 1 to June 30, followed by an extension of this policy to the end of
2020.
 Gas costs for enterprises: We published the Notice on Temporarily Reducing
Non-Household Gas Costs to Support the Resumption of Work and
Production, which required that from February 22 to June 30, when the
government-set price on non-household gas was applied, upstream gas suppliers
must lower their prices so that they were essentially in accordance with the city
Time-limited gate price; more preferential gas prices were offered to agriculture-related
Policies to industries seriously affected by Covid-19 such as chemical fertilizer businesses.
Reduce Costs Upstream gas suppliers and downstream gas users were encouraged to negotiate
lower gas prices when pricing controls over gas were lifted. These measures have
saved enterprises over eight billion yuan in gas costs.
 Transportation costs: We lowered airport charges and air traffic control
charges during the epidemic; temporarily exempted airlines from payments to
the civil aviation development fund; temporarily reduced or eliminated tolls on
highways; lowered, or eliminated port-related fees and fund contributions; and
halved charges for railway freight value-insured transportation, demurrage, and
truck detention fees.
 Charges for credit investigation services: We published the Notice on
Temporarily Reducing or Exempting Charges for Certain Credit Investigation
Services, as well as the Notice on Extending the Policy for Temporarily Reducing
or Exempting Charges for Certain Credit Investigation Services, which required
business-related charges for certain credit investigation services be lowered or
waived from March 1 to the end of 2020.
 We issued the Notice on Temporarily Reducing or Waiving Enterprises’ Social
Policies for Insurance Premiums, the Guidelines on Temporarily Reducing Enterprise
Reducing,
Exempting, and Payments to Basic Medical Insurance for Urban Workers, and the Notice on
Extending the Policy for Temporarily Reducing or Waiving Enterprises’ Social
Postponing Insurance Premiums.
Payment of
Social Insurance  In 2020, a total of 1.7 trillion yuan in payments to basic old-age insurance,
unemployment insurance, and workers’ compensation schemes were reduced or
Premiums
waived for enterprises.

3) The expectations of market entities remained stable and positive.
We promptly put in place and constantly improved nationwide epidemic
information-sharing mechanisms, released authoritative epidemic information in an accurate
and transparent manner, and effectively ensured the continuation of normal production and
daily life activities.
We gave full play to the role of macro-policy coordination mechanisms and consultation
mechanisms between major provinces and cities in order to ensure stability on the six fronts
and security in the six areas. Policy coordination between central and local authorities and

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