Today (2nd), the Ministry of Finance held a press conference and made it clear that it will introduce measures in 8 aspects including taxes and fees, fiscal expenditure, investment and consumption, etc., to support and stabilize the economic market.
The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Finance introduced that in order to stabilize the economic market and promote the economic operation within a reasonable range, relevant measures will be introduced in eight aspects.
Assistant Minister of Finance Owen Han: To further increase the value-added tax refund policy.More industries will be included in the policy of refunding the full amount of the remaining tax on a monthly basis. Itis estimated that the newly added tax refund will be 142 billion yuan, and the total amount of the newly introduced tax refund this year will reach about 1.64 trillion yuan.
Accelerate the progress of fiscal expenditure
To speed up the progress of fiscal expenditure, the central government will supervise and issue various transfer payments, accelerate the construction of major projects that have been included in the annual plan, and increase the vitality of stock funds.
Accelerate the issuance and use of local government special bonds and expand the scope of support
In terms of special bonds, speed up the issuance and use of local government special bonds and expand the scope of support to ensure that the issuance of new special bonds this year is basically completed by the end of June, and strive to be basically completed bythe end of August, and new infrastructure and new energy projects will be included in the special bond key support scope.
Go all out to stabilize market players
In terms of stabilizing market players, policies such as government financing guarantees, government procurement, deferred payment of social security premiums, and aid to enterprises to stabilize jobs will be used in a coordinated manner to provide relief to small and medium-sized enterprises and support their healthy development.
Actively expand investment and consumption
In terms of actively expanding investment and consumption, cooperate with relevant departments to speed up the issuance of budgets for infrastructure investment and water conservancy development, and promote the formation of physical workloads as soon as possible; the vehicle purchase tax is halved in stages to further boost automobile consumption and release the potential of domestic demand.
Assistant Minister of Finance Owen Han: Effectively protect basic people's livelihood.Implement the housing provident fund phased support policy, and enterprises affected by the epidemic can apply for a deferral of housing provident fund payments according to regulations.Improve the support policy for the agricultural transfer population, and increase the incentives for the compulsory education of the newly settled population and the children who have moved with them.Improve the living security for the people in need, and firmly grasp the bottom line of basic people's livelihood.
In addition, the government will introduce support measures in supporting and ensuring food and energy security, and supporting the stability of industrial and supply chains.
(Headquarters reporter Wang Nan, Wang Shantao, Tian Qiyong)
