-- Tax relief policies
A State Council executive meeting on Feb 25 decided to exempt value-added taxes for small-scale taxpayers in Hubei province, which was hit hard by the novel coronavirus earlier this year, and cut taxes from 3 percent to 1 percent for those outside Hubei from March 1 to May 31.
Individual businesses will also see a cut in their insurance contributions. Industrial and commercial companies not from high energy-consuming industries enjoy a 5-percent cut in electrical charges.