Some Suggestions On Coping With Epidemic Situation

1. In concept, we should put the recovery of the economy and prevention and control of the epidemic at the same level.

At present, epidemic prevention and control is the primary work in all regions, which is worthy of affirmation. But we must see that the epidemic prevention and control may be a "protracted war". If we wait until the end of this "protracted war" to start the economy, then the vitality of the economy may have been greatly damaged. Therefore, while focusing on the prevention and control of the epidemic, local governments should put considerable efforts into resuming production.

2. We should take it as the most important work to create conditions for enterprises to return to work and resume production as soon as possible.

Now, although many places have introduced measures to support enterprises, to reduce tax burden and provide loans for enterprises, these are just "blood transfusion". If the enterprise does not start construction, has no cash flow, does not "make blood" by itself, then these policies are useless no matter how many.

In order to enable enterprises to start work quickly, we must make greater efforts to solve the problems mentioned above, such as "do not allow", "dare not" and "can not". First, according to the characteristics of the enterprise and the composition of its employees, enterprises that meet the conditions for commencement shall be allowed to start construction rapidly. We should speed up the release of key industries and industries with more jobs. We should not use epidemic prevention as an excuse to cut across the board. Second, on the basis of audit, we should provide "start-up insurance" for enterprises to ensure that if infected patients are found among workers, the government will bear the corresponding isolation and treatment costs. At present, the probability of infected patients in most places is very small, and the expected cost for the government to bear this part of the cost is not very large, but it will effectively dispel the concerns of enterprises and make them dare to start their work. Third, we should actively open up the logistics and release the "people flow" to lay sufficient conditions for enterprises to start construction. Governments at all levels shall explicitly prohibit the entry of non local personnel and goods on the ground of epidemic prevention and control. The management and control of people should be based on their mobility, contact history, health performance and other hierarchical management. For those who are less likely to be infected, they should be allowed to participate in employment on the basis of being monitored. For logistics, it should be fully released.

3. We should introduce tax relief, social security and other policies to help enterprises overcome difficulties.

Now, governments around the world have issued many policies, but many of them have little effect on alleviating the plight of enterprises. For example, some places require banks to provide loans to enterprises to ease their economic difficulties. This policy looks good. However, considering their own profits and risks, banks only provide loans to those enterprises that can provide mortgage and better cash flow, while those enterprises that have the most difficult capital and need the most capital can not get loans. Therefore, such enterprises will not play a great practical role, but will lead to many problems. In contrast, tax relief, social security benefits and other measures can help enterprises effectively reduce costs, especially those enterprises that absorb more jobs, will benefit greatly.

4. We should make good use of the digital economy and help enterprises cope with the epidemic by digital means.

The biggest impact of the epidemic on production and life is to make people to people contact more difficult and risky, and the digital economy can effectively hedge this. Based on this, the government should help enterprises actively promote digitalization and use the industrial Internet to organize and coordinate production. In this way, enterprises can not only enhance their resilience, better resist the current epidemic, but also improve their long-term production and management level, laying the foundation for high-quality growth in the post epidemic era.


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