On the morning of June 2, the Provincial Government Information Office held our province’s second press conference on “Stabilizing the Market, Benefiting People’s Livelihoods, and Promoting Consumption” to introduce the relevant situation and answer reporters’ questions.

html On the morning of June 2, the Provincial Government Information Office held our province’s second press conference on “Stabilizing the Market, Benefiting People’s Livelihoods, and Promoting Consumption” to introduce the relevant situation and answer reporters’ questions.

Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee

Director of the Provincial Government Information Office Zhang Yu:

Dear reporter friends:

Good morning everyone! Welcome to the press conference of the Provincial Government Information Office. According to arrangements, this morning, the Provincial Government Information Office held the second press conference on "Stabilizing the Market, Benefiting People's Livelihoods, and Promoting Consumption".

We invited:

Liang Zhiyong, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Commerce;

Chen Shaoqing, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism;

Vice Chairman and Spokesperson of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Li Zhonggui;

Member of the Party Leadership Group of Taiyuan Municipal Commerce Bureau, Level 2 Researcher Xia Wenwu.

asked them to introduce the relevant situation and answer the questions that journalists are concerned about.

First of all, I would like to ask Liang Zhiyong, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Commerce, to introduce the relevant situation.

Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce Liang Zhiyong:

Dear friends from the news media:

Good morning everyone! Thank you for your long-term concern and support for business work. Now I will give a brief introduction to the situation of promoting consumption in the business field.

Since this year, the Provincial Department of Commerce has conscientiously implemented the decisions and arrangements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, firmly implemented the strategy of expanding domestic demand, coordinated epidemic prevention and control and consumption promotion, and promoted the continued recovery and recovery of consumption around the 7% growth target of total retail sales of consumer goods. upgrade.

From the perspective of promoting consumption in the business field -

• First, it is necessary to promote consumption replenishment and potential release through strong policy measures to better boost consumer market confidence. html At the beginning of 2019, we formulated an action plan for the year-round consumption improvement, expansion and upgrading. In accordance with the general requirement of "stabilizing the recovery momentum of consumption", we focused on promoting the continued recovery of consumption, focusing on improving the level of traditional consumption, accelerating the development of new consumption, and managing consumption well. Promote activities, make up for the shortcomings of urban and rural circulation, accelerate the construction of a modern circulation system, promote consumption upgrades, and further enhance the fundamental role of consumption in economic development. Consumption promotion work will be carried out from seven aspects: building a consumption upgrade platform, promoting innovative development of the retail industry, improving rural comprehensive consumption, promoting high-quality development of the catering industry, improving exhibition consumption levels, accelerating the cultivation of online consumption, and strengthening consumption policy guidance. Arrangements were made for deployment.
• The second is to create a diversified consumption platform for merchants and consumers across the province by carrying out consumption promotion activities. This year, the province's business system takes "Jin Qing Consumption·Quality Life" as the activity theme, focusing on key consumption areas such as automobile consumption, home appliance consumption, catering consumption, and e-commerce consumption, and carries out multi-field, multi-channel, and multi-service consumption throughout the year. Level and diversified promotional activities. As an important part of consumption promotion activities, cities across the province have now launched the issuance of government digital consumer coupons. According to the work arrangements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, we will set up special provincial financial funds to encourage and support cities to actively carry out the issuance of consumer vouchers, further expand the scale of consumer voucher funds, and improve the effectiveness of consumer vouchers. Maximize the release of policy dividends, fully stimulate market vitality, and use practical actions to help the province's high-quality development.
• The third is to integrate the entire domestic trade circulation work to solidify and promote new consumption, upgraded consumption, and new consumption concepts and consumption methods that have been spawned by the epidemic, so as to further consolidate the fundamental role of consumption in economic development.

in promoting automobile consumption. supports various cities in organizing car exhibitions and sales activities and tapping the potential of car consumption.Encourage qualified cities and counties to introduce policies to promote automobile consumption and issue automobile consumption coupons. in promoting consumption in the catering industry. carried out the "Tasting Shanxi Food·Jin Enjoys the Taste of Shanxi" catering brand promotion activity, launched the "Top Ten Shanxi Cuisine", "Top Ten Noodles" and a group of "Specialty Snacks" and "Shanxi Famous Chefs" to create a group of Shanxi characteristics Brand catering enterprises will be given one-time rewards to newly added catering enterprises that exceed the limit. in promoting online consumption. supports local backbone e-commerce companies to cope with the impact of the epidemic and develop against the trend. Encourage local physical retail enterprises to expand the online market through new Internet marketing methods such as "social e-commerce" and "live streaming" and establish a community marketing and distribution model. Financial rewards will be given to the best digital, intelligent and chain development projects of retail enterprises. in promoting urban consumption. will continue to build a "15-minute convenient living circle" across the province, and create characteristic pedestrian streets and commercial streets to further attract consumption back. Support cities to build night economy demonstration clusters to increase urban fireworks. Innovate nighttime consumption formats and models, rely on pedestrian streets to hold outdoor activities such as car markets, cultural and creative markets, artistic performances, and night tours in Shanxi, promote cross-border integration of culture, tourism, and sports, and enhance the vitality of the nighttime economy. in promoting rural consumption. Relying on local characteristic and advantageous industries, with the goal of cultivating 100 rural e-towns, cultivating rural e-town leading industries and rural e-town business leaders, cultivating and introducing e-commerce enterprises, building regional public brands, improving e-commerce public service systems, and improving Logistics distribution system and e-commerce infrastructure. Focusing on the construction and industrial positioning of the main functional area of ​​rural e-towns, we will coordinately promote the comprehensive demonstration work of e-commerce in rural areas, establish and improve a county-level commercial system with the county as the center, the township as the focus, and the village as the basis, and accelerate the release of rural consumption potential. in guiding the return of overseas consumption. Relying on the preferential policies of Taiyuan and Datong cross-border e-commerce comprehensive pilot zones and Jincheng and Linfen cross-border e-commerce retail import cities, we will build duty-free shops for imported goods and support cross-border e-commerce companies to open 020 offline experiences for imported goods. stores, cross-border bonded self-pickup stores, and innovative activities to carry imported goods into supermarkets. in improving the exhibition economy. has built the Energy Expo into a national-level international exhibition with industry influence. Focus on the industrial characteristics of our province, support and cultivate professional and high-quality local exhibitions such as Shanxi (Fenyang Xinghua Village) World Wine Culture Expo and Shanxi (Yuncheng) International Fruit Trade Expo, continue to increase the visibility and influence of the exhibition, and strive to build a provincial and municipal The overall pattern of exhibitions at the , county and three levels. Support enterprises to participate in key economic and trade exhibitions such as the China International Import Expo, China Consumer Expo, and Canton Fair, and expand the import of mid-to-high-end consumer goods.

In the next step, we will further refine the policy measures and effectively implement the various tasks of "promoting consumption and stabilizing growth", promote the early effect of policy measures, and promote the stabilization and recovery of consumption as soon as possible. thank you all!

Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee

Director of the Provincial Government Information Office Zhang Yu:

Thanks to Deputy Director Liang Zhiyong for his introduction.

Next, I would like to ask Chen Shaoqing, deputy director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, to introduce the relevant situation.

Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Chen Shaoqing:

Dear reporter friends:

Good morning! First of all, on behalf of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, I would like to express my heartfelt thanks to everyone for your long-term concern and support for cultural tourism! Next, I will briefly introduce to you the situation of Shanxi Province’s culture and tourism in “stabilizing the market, benefiting people’s livelihood, and promoting consumption”.

Culture and tourism is one of the industries most severely affected by the epidemic. Doing a good job in the culture and tourism industry to "stabilize the market, benefit people's livelihood, and promote consumption" is not only the intrinsic need of the industry, but also the need to stabilize the economic development of the province.The Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism fully implements the work arrangements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, gives full play to the characteristics and role of culture and tourism that are wide-ranging, highly relevant, and highly motivating, vigorously stimulates cultural tourism consumption, and vigorously promotes business relief. Accelerate the return of culture and tourism to normal track.

First, vigorously expand cultural tourism consumption scenarios. Encourage cities and tourist attractions to create cultural, tourism and leisure pedestrian streets, markets, etc. that meet fire safety conditions, provide self-employed individuals with conditions for making and selling snacks, souvenirs, etc., and guide small vendors to sell products with local characteristics and quality at specified times and locations. , hygiene, price management regulations and requirements for products, 15 provincial-level night-time culture and tourism consumption clusters including Xinzhou Ancient City were selected, and 7 units including Xinzhou Ancient City were recommended to apply for the second batch of national-level night-time culture and tourism consumption clusters. At the same time, relying on the leading scenic spots and the "Three No. 1 Tourist Highways", 50 cultural, tourism and health care demonstration areas will be laid out and built to gather a number of star-rated hotels, boutique B&Bs, catering, cultural and creative, health care and other market entities to further meet the needs of The cultural and tourism consumption needs of the broad masses of people.

The second is to further optimize the consumption environment. The Provincial Tourism Reform and Development Leading Group issued the "Several Measures to Support the High-Quality Development of Cultural Tourism", which proposed a series of measures to further optimize the tourism operation and consumption environment. For example: implementing emergency traffic diversion measures during key periods in popular scenic spots, during holidays and large-scale events, when roads in scenic spots and surrounding areas are congested, and parking lots are at full capacity, tourist vehicles can be allowed on the road under the on-site command of the road traffic police and without affecting the passage of emergency rescue vehicles. Temporary parking on the side. Improve parking services for self-driving tours, strengthen the construction of road tourism signage systems, and encourage parking lots of administrative institutions around popular scenic spots to be open to tourist vehicles. Support the development of themed culture and tourism services, encourage city parks, wetland parks to plan and build cultural tourism service areas, cultural corridors, and cultural "flea markets" that are open to the public to provide tourists with consumer services such as leisure sports, catering, and shopping. facility.

The third is to stimulate consumer demand in a timely manner. Launched the "Holiday Leisure and Advancement Before Your Eyes" Shanxi people travel to Shanxi campaign, further optimized the licensing approval of cultural tourism performance activities, and increased the temporary refund rate of tourism service quality deposits for qualified travel agencies to 100%. Encourage localities and cultural tourism companies to introduce measures to stimulate consumption. Taiyuan City issued cultural tourism vouchers totaling 20 million yuan for the cultural tourism industry. Yuncheng City issued 2 million yuan cultural tourism consumption vouchers, covering 19 scenic spots, 2 leisure blocks, 13 physical bookstores, and 20 cinemas in the city , 30 travel agencies, etc., through the continuous issuance of cultural tourism consumption vouchers, create demonstration-driven benefits and accelerate the recovery of the cultural tourism market. Actively guide enterprises to introduce measures to benefit the people, exchange quantity for price, and fuel urban consumption vitality.

In short, on the premise of doing a good job in normalizing epidemic prevention and control, we will further focus on new consumption characteristics and the direction of upgrading the consumption structure, cultivate and expand new consumption formats and new models, improve supply quality, release consumption potential, stimulate market vitality, and accelerate The market is picking up. Thanks!

Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee

Director of the Provincial Government Information Office Zhang Yu:

Thank you, Deputy Director Chen Shaoqing for your introduction.

Next, I would like to ask Li Zhonggui, vice chairman and spokesperson of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, to introduce the relevant situation.

Vice Chairman and Spokesperson of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Li Zhonggui:

Dear friends from the press:

Thank you very much for your concern and support for the work of the trade union. In the past few days, the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions has resolutely implemented the important requirements of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core on "preventing the epidemic, stabilizing the economy, and developing security". In accordance with the relevant arrangements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions held a chairman's meeting as soon as possible The office meeting and party group meeting analyzed and judged and put forward ten work measures focusing on "what the company urgently needs, what employees expect, and what the trade union can do."Two of them will have a direct and important impact on promoting consumption.

First, issues one-time catering coupons to employees. The Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, together with the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Department of Commerce, and the Taiyuan Central Branch of the People's Bank of China, issued the "Notice on Mobilizing and Guiding Workers in the Province to Actively Consumption to Promote the Development of Small and Micro Enterprises Focusing on the Catering Service Industry", clarifying that grassroots trade unions Special funds can be used from union funds to issue one-time electronic catering coupons to current employee members at the standard of 300 yuan per person, which can be directly accessed to employees’ personal mobile phone accounts through the mobile “Cloud QuickPass” App to encourage employees to go to the nearest For consumption in restaurants, this policy will benefit the province’s 7 million employees. It will also have an amplifying effect on catering consumption and promote the recovery and development of catering companies. Currently, all grassroots trade unions are working intensively to collect information on employee membership. 34,100 employees have already received electronic consumer vouchers totaling 10.244 million yuan. The Provincial Federation of Trade Unions is pushing all grassroots trade unions to issue electronic consumer vouchers to employees as soon as possible.

Second, simplify the procedures and fully return union funds to small and micro enterprises. At the beginning of last year, we launched a policy to fully return union funds to small and micro enterprises in 2020 and 2021. This year, we continue to extend this policy and make it clear that all small and micro enterprise union funds payable from January to December 2022 will be returned. To small and micro businesses. At the same time, in order to improve efficiency, return all the funds when they are due, and ensure that the funds are delivered to small and micro enterprises in a timely manner, the Provincial Headquarters proposed specific methods to improve and optimize the work process based on full research. On May 16, the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions once again joined forces with the State Administration of Taxation and the Shanxi Provincial Taxation Bureau to issue the "Notice on Matters Concerning the Continued Implementation of the Trade Union Funding Support Policy for Small and Micro Enterprises". The core are four optimization measures:

• The first is The declaration process for small and micro enterprises has been cancelled, and the county-level trade unions will take the initiative to be responsible for the returns;
• The second is After the county-level trade unions verify the collection list provided by the tax department, the returned funds will be "directly directed" to the designated account;
• The third is independently opened Small and micro enterprises with trade union accounts will be refunded directly to the trade union account. Those that have not opened a trade union account can be refunded to the account to which the corresponding small and micro enterprises originally paid funds;
• The fourth is small and micro enterprises that have newly established a trade union organization (including those that are covered). The collected preparatory funds for the establishment of the association will be returned in full.

Since the beginning of this year, the federations of trade unions in cities and counties across the province have returned 50.63 million yuan in trade union funds and union building preparation funds to small and micro enterprises.

The other eight specific measures are:

Third, carry out special warm-hearted activities to stabilize employment and promote resumption of work for small and micro enterprises, provide timely assistance and assistance to employees who have difficulties in life, and help enterprises stabilize employment.

Fourth, carried out activities to create "Employee Home Red Flag Post" in small and micro enterprises to further stimulate the vitality of trade unions in small and micro enterprises and improve their ability to promote enterprise development and safeguard employee rights and interests.

Fifth, build a new batch of love stations in areas where small and micro enterprises are concentrated to provide close and considerate services to employees of small and micro enterprises.

Sixth, carried out a series of publicity activities on "Helping Small and Micro Enterprises Stable Development and Stable Employment" to guide employees to work together to fight the epidemic and promote development.

Seventh, closely follows the business development needs of small and micro enterprises and organizes employees to carry out labor competitions that "strengthen skills, help employment, and promote development".

Eighth, promotes enterprises to carry out candid and effective collective consultations with the theme of "building consensus and overcoming difficulties" and promotes the establishment of harmonious labor relations.

Ninth, implements the "Thousands of Small and Micro Enterprises" practical skills improvement training program for employees of small and micro enterprises to help employees improve their skills and stabilize their employment.

Tenth, carried out the special action of "Going to the grassroots level to enter thousands of enterprises and serving employee unions in action" to further implement "I do practical things for the masses".

All ten measures have been launched. We will effectively increase the intensity of promotion, support and guarantee, and contribute the strength of the trade union to protect market entities, employment and people's livelihood, and consolidate and expand the province's stable and positive development trend!

Let me briefly introduce it here. thank you all!

Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee

Director of the Provincial Government Information Office Zhang Yu:

Thanks to Vice Chairman Li Zhonggui for his introduction.

Next, please introduce the relevant situation to Xia Wenwu, member of the Party Leadership Group and Level 2 Investigator of the Taiyuan Municipal Commerce Bureau.

Xia Wenwu, member of the Party Leadership Group and Level 2 Investigator of Taiyuan Municipal Commerce Bureau:

Dear leaders and friends from the news media:

Hello everyone! First of all, I would like to thank the central and provincial media for their continued attention and reporting on the economic and social development of Taiyuan City, which has created a good public opinion atmosphere for the economic and social development of Taiyuan City.

Taiyuan City has conscientiously understood and implemented the requirements of the Party Central Committee to "prevent the epidemic, stabilize the economy, and develop safely", creatively implement the decisions and arrangements of the provincial party committee and the provincial government to coordinate epidemic prevention and control and economic development, and issued A series of measures have been taken to stabilize the market, benefit people's livelihood, and promote consumption, and have achieved positive results.

Normal epidemic prevention and control will not be lax. Strictly implement the "Notice on Strengthening the Inspection of Nucleic Acid Testing Certificates in Public Places and Gathering Activities". In order to facilitate the public to carry out nucleic acid testing at their nearest location, Taiyuan City has announced the locations of more than 2,000 convenient nucleic acid sampling points in the six districts of the city. Adopting a combination of "fixed sampling points + convenient sampling booths + temporary sampling points + mobile sampling vehicles" to provide free nucleic acid testing services to the public based on the sampling frequency of various personnel. The "Taiyuan 12345" public account has added a "sampling point navigation" function. Citizens can use the mini program in the "sampling point navigation" to navigate to nucleic acid sampling points under electronic map navigation.

Comprehensive policies will be implemented to promote consumption growth. Taiyuan City has introduced several measures to further strengthen financial security in response to epidemic prevention and control. Nine measures have been taken to reduce the impact of the epidemic on production and operations and social and people's livelihood. Financial forces have helped enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households tide over difficulties; they have issued measures to promote the soundness of the real estate industry. Several opinions on circular and healthy development and 36 specific measures will actively promote a virtuous cycle and healthy development of the real estate industry; Taiyuan City has introduced measures to promote the high-quality development of chain retail, focusing on increasing urban consumption, expanding rural consumption, and promoting convenience consumption; introducing measures to promote Incentive measures for urban commercial complexes in wholesale markets that meet the entry limit will focus on improving the quality and scale of the city's wholesale markets and urban commercial complexes.

issued 420 million yuan in government digital consumer vouchers to activate the consumer market. will be carried out from May 21, 2022 to June 15, 2022, focusing on the placement of consumer coupons in areas such as accommodation and catering, general retail, home appliances, and e-commerce that have been greatly affected by the epidemic. Among them, 20 million yuan was specially allocated to set up "cultural tourism coupons" to promote the rapid recovery of the tourism market under normalized epidemic prevention and control. The first round ended on May 31. According to market data, enthusiasm for coupons is high, consumption is very active, and coupon usage is unprecedented. 130 million yuan was spent using coupons in 11 days, and the direct consumption amount was 1 billion yuan. In order to further promote consumption growth and benefit people's livelihood, starting from yesterday, daily distribution, daily write-off, and daily benefit will be implemented. We continue to carry out new car purchase subsidy activities, and applications have started on May 27. From 0:00 on May 27 to 24:00 on May 31, a total of 3,362 passenger car buyers applied for government subsidies, with an average subsidy of 3,800 yuan per car. , the subsidy funds accumulated to 12.761 million yuan, directly driving consumption of 617 million yuan.

Special actions in the service industry have achieved positive results. Closely focus on improving the quality and efficiency of the service industry, be a good vanguard in promoting the high-quality development of the service industry in an all-round way, and demonstrate the responsibility of the provincial capital. To speed up the construction of digital infrastructure, Taiyuan City has opened a total of 7,550 G base stations, achieving full 5G network coverage in the city's urban areas and basic coverage in key administrative villages, providing strong support for adapting to new digital consumption. Three scenic spots (neighborhoods) including Taiyuan Ancient County Town, Bell Tower Pedestrian Street, and Fantawild Oriental Mythology were successfully selected as provincial-level night culture and tourism consumption clusters; the completed Bell Tower Street has become the core street of the "Daliu Lane Cultural Street". Shangma Street , which has a history of 600 years, has taken advantage of the radiating effect of the renovation of Zhonglou Street to further promote Fucheng tourism-related facilities and give the old neighborhood a new look.

My release ends here. I would like to thank the central and provincial media again for their attention and coverage of Taiyuan City’s economy and society. Thank you all!

Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee

Director of the Provincial Government Information Office Zhang Yu:

Thanks to Comrade Xia Wenwu (second-level researcher) for the introduction.

Next, he began to answer reporters’ questions. Journalists are asked to provide the name of their news unit before asking questions.

Shanxi Daily reporter:

Please briefly introduce the overall work arrangement for this year’s consumer vouchers.

Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce Liang Zhiyong:

Thank the reporter for the question. According to the work arrangements of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, this year the Provincial Department of Commerce took the lead in issuing government digital consumption coupons and "love consumption coupons".

Among them, the issuance of government digital consumption coupons has been carried out in our province for the third consecutive year. Last year, our provincial, municipal and county finance levels issued a total of 416 million yuan of government digital consumption coupons, driving consumption of nearly 6 billion yuan, effectively promoting The digital transformation of physical merchants and the integrated development of online and offline services have promoted the comprehensive recovery of consumption growth in the province. This year, in order to hedge against the impact of the epidemic on the consumer market and encourage cities to actively carry out the issuance of consumer vouchers, the Provincial Department of Commerce and the Provincial Department of Finance will provide special provincial financial support to cities that issue consumer vouchers and expand consumer voucher funds. scale to further improve the driving effect. According to the current consumer voucher work plan, the total financial investment at the provincial, municipal and county levels this year is expected to exceed 1.3 billion yuan.

Regarding the issuance of "love consumption coupons", it is mainly based on mitigating the impact of the epidemic on needy groups, constantly consolidating the results of poverty alleviation, and fully reflecting the warm care of the party and the government for the province's needy groups. This time, the "Love Consumption Voucher" is provided by the Provincial Department of Commerce, together with the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Department of Civil Affairs, the Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau and other departments, to assist and support the extremely poor people registered in the province and those whose risks have not been eliminated in the national anti-return to poverty monitoring information system. Monitoring objects (about 157,000 people) will be issued a one-time "love consumption coupon" of 1,500 yuan per person. Thanks!

CNR reporter:

What specific arrangements does the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism have to stimulate the provincial tourism market?

Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism Chen Shaoqing:

Thank the reporter for the question. The Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism will focus on the provincial market, fully activate the provincial tourism and peripheral tourism markets, stimulate tourism consumption in the province, and launch the "Holiday Leisure is Before Your Eyes" Shanxi people travel to Shanxi campaign as soon as possible, closely focusing on Shanxi's humanities, The advantages of Jinzi brand resources such as health care and self-driving, combined with tourists' leisure, specialization, and experiential consumption needs, are organized and implemented in stages according to the principles of first within the province and then outside the province, online and offline efforts, and regional collaboration between government and enterprises. Further strengthen publicity and promotion and product creation, innovate products, increase publicity and promotion, enhance experience, promote conversion, optimize services, and take the lead in stimulating the enthusiasm of people in the province to love Sanjin and travel to their hometown.At the same time, we will give full play to the effectiveness of provincial fiscal funds, timely adjust incentives and subsidies for travel agencies to attract tourists, effectively activate the provincial market, and stimulate cultural tourism consumption. Support the launch and issuance of city travel cards and consumer coupons covering catering, accommodation, transportation, scenic spots, shopping, entertainment and other fields. Support local governments in providing financial incentives to travel agencies to attract tourists and receive services in scenic spots. Thanks!

Xinhuanet reporter:

How do employees receive one-time electronic catering coupons? What are the funding guarantee policies for issuing one-time electronic catering coupons to employee members?

Vice Chairman and Spokesperson of the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions Li Zhonggui:

Thank the reporter for the question.

In terms of amount, grassroots trade unions will distribute it at the standard of 300 yuan per person. In terms of the scope of

, covers all working and employed employee members in the province.

Time, will start issuing electronic consumption coupons to employee members from May 18. The electronic consumption coupons must be consumed from the date of issuance to 24:00 on November 30. The overdue portion will be automatically returned to the grassroots trade union. account.

In terms of procedures, needs to explain a few points:

• will be handled and verified by the grassroots trade union.
• Employee members must download and install the “Union QuickPass” APP on their mobile phones, and the electronic consumption coupons will be directly sent to the member’s own “Union QuickPass” account.
• The face value of electronic consumption coupons is 10 yuan, and a maximum of 10 can be used at a time. The single consumption amount must be greater than the total face value, and cannot be transferred or withdrawn.
• Electronic catering coupons can only be used at physical catering merchants. If the catering merchant does not have a "Cloud Quick Pass" acceptance logo, the merchant can apply for the logo from all banks and acquirers within Shanxi's jurisdiction.

Fund guarantee policy for issuing one-time electronic catering consumption coupons to employee members. We mainly coordinate the guarantee from three aspects:

First, the funds required for electronic consumption coupons are allocated by grassroots unions from member dues and unit administration to union funds. The grass-roots trade unions will retain part of the settlement.

Second, if dues and retained funds are insufficient, government agencies and institutions with financial allocations shall subsidize trade union guarantees from the unit's operating funds. Enterprises and self-financed institutions shall subsidize trade union guarantees from the unit's after-tax profits or other funds.

Third, For grassroots unions (mainly small and micro enterprise unions) that are in particular difficulties, our safeguard measures are:

• First, fully return the union funds paid by small and micro enterprises since 2020;
• Second, support municipalities The county and county federations of trade unions have allocated special funds to provide financial subsidies to grassroots trade unions in particular difficulties;
• The third is The provincial federation of trade unions plans to allocate special funds to provide appropriate subsidies to municipal federations of trade unions.

Through these, we can ensure that all employees can enjoy this benefit to the greatest extent.

Thank you to all the journalists from the news media for your concern and attention to the work of the trade union. Finally, I also hope that the journalists will pay more attention to and promote the trade union, and interpret the relevant policies of the trade union in a timely manner, so that more companies and employees can enjoy this benefit. ,thank you all!

Taiyuan Daily reporter:

In recent years, the comprehensive index of chain convenience stores in Taiyuan has continued to remain among the top three in the country. What measures have been taken to improve the quality and efficiency of chain convenience stores?

Xia Wenwu, member of the Party Leadership Group and Level 2 Investigator of Taiyuan Municipal Commerce Bureau:

Thank you for the reporter’s question.Accelerating the development of branded convenience stores is not only an important step in deepening the supply-side structural reform and enhancing the endogenous driving force of economic development, but also a key step in cultivating new driving forces for economic development and promoting the formation of a strong domestic market. Seizing the historical opportunity of explosive growth in the development of domestic convenience stores, transforming and upgrading local traditional convenience stores, introducing well-known domestic and foreign chain convenience brands, and promoting the branding and chain development of convenience stores in Taiyuan City will not only improve urban commercial facilities, but also enhance It is an inevitable choice for the quality of urban life, and it is also an inevitable requirement for building a regional urban agglomeration with national influence.

In September 2021, China Chain Store and Franchise Association released the "2021 China Urban Convenience Store Index", Xiamen, Changsha, Taiyuan, Dongguan, and Guangzhou ranked among the top five, and Taiyuan ranked third, with an average of 2,456 people. It owns just one convenience store, with a 24-hour convenience store index of 37%. Up to now, there are more than 2,000 key brand chain stores in Taiyuan City - Tangjiu Convenience , Jinhu Convenience , Meitehao Fresh Food, Gongtianxia and other chain stores, spread across various communities, making Taiyuan City's chain convenience store achievements It has played a great role in obtaining and ensuring the supply of daily necessities for citizens.

In recent years, the comprehensive index of chain convenience stores in Taiyuan has continuously remained among the top three in the country. However, the benchmark is first-rate. The sub-indexes such as the proportion of 24-hour convenience stores, the growth rate of chain stores, and the total number of brand chain stores are all in the middle of the country. There is insufficient development potential. The proportion of centralized procurement, unified warehouses, and co-distribution is low. The company develops with high quality. The difficulties and problems we face are still quite prominent. In the next step, the Taiyuan City Commerce Bureau will seize the historical opportunity of the state’s encouragement of the development of convenience stores and accelerate the faster and better development of chain convenience stores in Taiyuan City.

• First, actively introduces well-known domestic and foreign chain convenience brands.
• The second is transforming and upgrading local traditional convenience stores, working hard in new retail to empower traditional convenience stores, improving the convenience store's intelligence and convenient service capabilities, and meeting residents' consumption needs through all channels.
• Third, encourages and guides brand chain convenience companies to add 24-hour convenience stores, optimize layout, go global development, store upgrades and improve service quality, so as to provide Taiyuan residents with a more convenient and high-quality consumer experience.
• Fourthly, based on the issuance of the "Implementation Opinions of Taiyuan City on Promoting the High-quality Development of Chain Retailing", we will continue to carry out the collection of high-quality chain retail development projects and support brand chain enterprises, thereby further increasing urban consumption and expanding rural consumption. , promote convenient consumption, and promote the chain and brand development of chain retail enterprises. Thanks!

China News Service reporter:

Please introduce the "Taste Shanxi Food, Enjoy the Taste of Shanxi" catering brand promotion event hosted by the Provincial Department of Commerce.

Deputy Director of the Provincial Department of Commerce Liang Zhiyong:

Thank the reporter for the question. According to the arrangements of the provincial government, the Provincial Department of Commerce, in conjunction with the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Department of Finance, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, and the Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, organized the "Tasting Shanxi Food and Enjoying the Flavor of Shanxi" Catering brand promotion activities are aimed at further exploring Shanxi catering culture, promoting Shanxi cuisine, displaying the image of Shanxi, increasing Shanxi's visibility, increasing Shanxi catering's share of the national market, and better meeting the national consumer demand for Shanxi catering. Promote the high-quality development of Shanxi’s catering industry. The event selected the "Top Ten Shanxi Cuisine", "Top Ten Shanxi Noodles", a group of Shanxi specialty snacks, a group of Shanxi brand catering companies, and a group of Shanxi famous chefs. Under the normalization of the epidemic situation, it will play a positive role in boosting industry confidence and accelerating the recovery and high-quality development of the catering industry in our province.Thanks!

Shanxi Radio and Television Station "Perspective on Promoting High-Quality Development in an All-round Way" Reporter:

Please introduce the issuance of "Jin Qing Consumption·Enjoy Life" consumption coupons in Taiyuan City and how effective it is?

Xia Wenwu, member of the Party Leadership Group and Level 2 Investigator of Taiyuan Municipal Commerce Bureau:

Thank you for the reporter’s question. The impact of the epidemic on the economy continues to show, especially on the consumer market. In order to stabilize growth and employment, various regions have intensively introduced policies to stimulate consumption, among which the issuance of consumer coupons is a commonly adopted measure. Experts said that issuing government consumption vouchers can quickly stimulate consumption willingness and quickly open up the physical consumption cycle.

The epidemic spread in many places in Taiyuan City in the first half of the year, which brought certain constraints to production, operation and consumption, and impacted the recovery of consumer demand. In particular, contact consumption was more severely affected by the epidemic. In order to stabilize growth and promote development, our city has introduced policies to stimulate consumption and issued government consumption vouchers. The first phase of Taiyuan City's "Jin Qing Consumption·Enjoy Life" digital consumption coupon activity will be carried out from January 2022 to the end of May 2022, with a city fiscal investment of 120 million yuan, focusing on general retail, home appliances, catering and accommodation, Auto consumption subsidies and other areas will be implemented based on the actual conditions of Taiyuan's consumer market. Among them: 50 million yuan was invested in digital consumption coupons, which benefited areas related to people's livelihood such as catering, accommodation, fast-moving consumer goods, fresh fruits and vegetables, department stores, home appliances, home furnishings, and refined oil products, driving consumption of 318 million yuan and benefiting 2.64 million people. 70 million yuan was invested in automobile consumption subsidies, benefiting the automobile consumption field, with more than 18,000 users, and driving consumption of 3.2 billion yuan. The second phase of "Jinqing Consumption·Enjoy Life" kicked off on May 21, with a total investment of 420 million yuan. The first round ended on May 31, with 130 million yuan spent using coupons in 11 days, directly driving a consumption amount of 1 billion Yuan. Thanks!

Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee

Zhang Yu, Director of the Provincial Government Information Office:

Very grateful to the Provincial Department of Commerce, the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Provincial Federation of Trade Unions, and the four responsible comrades of the Taiyuan Municipal Commerce Bureau for attending the press conference of the Provincial Government Information Office , and I am also very grateful to all the journalists and friends for their strong support for our work.

This concludes today’s press conference. thank you all!

Source: Shanxi releases