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The Latest on COVID-19 and Express of Epidemic Policies 3/13/2020-3/19/2020

1. The Latest on COVID-19 * The data on March 18th, 2020 Newly Newly Newly Newly Confirmed Case Severe Case Death Case Cured Case

China 34 -308 8 819 Hubei 0 ----- 8 795 Shanghai 0 ----- 0 1 * The data updated by midnight on March 18th, 2020 Accumulative Current Accumulative Accumulative Confirmed Case Severe Case Death Case Cured Case

China 80928 2314 3245 70420 Hubei 67800 1809 3130 57678 Shanghai 338 2 3 326

Link to the reference： 1. The National Data： http://www.nhc.gov.cn/yjb/s7860/202003/e644c2fc18b4448db7ed4b30f68b91a6.shtml 2. Hubei’s Data： http://www.hubei.gov.cn/zhuanti/2020/gzxxgzbd/zxtb/202003/t20200319_2185079.shtml 3. Shanghai’s Data： http://wsjkw.sh.gov.cn/xwfb/20200319/85d2b81633484f15bf0362ba425081f1.html

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2. The Epidemic Policies of COVID-19

1. Policies in Beijing

Area Time Overview of Policy

3/11/2020 This Notice determines the policies for employees who are staying in Hubei and not returning to Notice: Measures for keeping Beijing, including the prevention and control of the labor relationship of 1.1 Beijing the enterprise, the duty of investigation, the employees who are staying in management of labor relationship, the payment of Hubei and not returning to wages, the subsidies for temporary jobs and Beijing others.

3/14/2020 This Guideline applies to catering enterprises and their stores, enterprises’ canteen, the third-party The Third Guideline for the platform of network catering service and other operation of catering service 1.2 Beijing catering enterprises. The Guideline illustrates the enterprises during COVID- requirements for catering enterprises, for 19 example, the serving spoons and chopsticks, one meter’s space and others.

2. Policies in Shanghai

Area Time Overview of Policy

1) From February 1st 2020 to June 30th 2020, reducing the price of electricity by 5%; 3/15/2020 2) From February 22nd 2020 to March 31st Periodical reduction of 2020, reducing the price of general non- 2.1 Shanghai enterprises’ cost on electricity residential gas by 10%; and gas 3) From April 1st 2020 to June 30th 2020, reducing the price of general non-residential gas by 5%.

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3. Policies in Jiangsu

Area Time Overview of Policy

3/15/2020 Enterprises can apply and search through Jiangsu 3.1 Jiangsu The Guidelines for Jiangsu’s government service network or the local Province policies of favoring government service network. enterprises From February to June in 2020, half reduction of 3/13/2020 the employees’ medical insurance shall be 3.2 Suzhou Half reduction of the applied, including the basic medical insurance, City employees’ medical and local supplementary medical insurance, insurance for five months except for the maternity insurance. 4. Policies in Zhejiang

Area Time Overview of Policy

3/12/2020 The action plan includes eighteen measures The action plan of involving five fields: tax reduction, cost implementing the tax reduction, interest reduction, rent reduction and 4.1 Zhejiang reduction, cost reduction, government expenditure reduction. The action rent reduction, interest plan is around one hundred and fifteen billion reduction and government RMB. expenditure reduction 5. Policies in Guangdong

Area Time Overview of Policy

1) Half reduction of the enterprises’ basic medical insurance periodically; 3/12/2020 2) Exemption of the enterprises’ local Periodical policy for supplementary medical insurance 5.1 Shenzhen reduction, defer and periodically; City exemption of enterprises’ 3) One level reduction of the enterprises’ basic medical insurance medical insurance periodically; 4) Deferred policy of payment during COVID- 19.

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6. Policies in Sichuan

Area Time Overview of Policy

The health code of Guangdong, Zhejiang, Chongqing, Yunnan, Jiangsu, Hainan, Guizhou, 3/14/2020 Fujian, Shanghai and Shandong shall be accepted 6.1 Sichuan Notice: Acceptance of the in Sichuan and no other restrictions or Province health code of 10 provinces quarantines measures shall be set (except for person with abnormal body temperature and respiratory symptoms). 3/13/2020 Measures include thirty articles involved six Measures for the prevention fields, including speeding up the resumption of 6.1 Chengdu and control of COVID-19 work for service industry, implementing the City and stabilizing the policies for prevention and control of COVID-19 resumption of work for and others. service industry 7. Policies in Shandong

Area Time Overview of Policy

1) People entering Shandong shall report to the company or the community; 2) Hotels shall perform obligations of 3/12/2020 reporting people entering Shandong; 7.1 Shandong Notice: Strengthen the report 3) Companies, communities and leasers shall Province system of people entering report information of people entering Shandong Shandong; 4) Companies and communities shall tell people entering Shandong to apply the health code immediately. 3/11/2020

Notice: Human resources This Notice includes the human resources 7.2 Qingdao services organizations and services organizations and dispatch institutions City dispatch institutions can into the policy of application for the returning of apply for the returning of the the unemployment insurance. unemployment insurance

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8. Policies in Liaoning

Area Time Overview of Policy

Periodical reduction of enterprises’ basic 3/13/2020 endowment insurance, unemployment insurance 8.1 Dalian City Notice: periodical reduction and industrial injury insurance (“three social of social insurance insurance”) and the enterprises’ part of basic medical insurance.

9. Policies in Hubei

Area Time Overview of Policy

3/13/2020 This Notices illustrated that the half reduction of Notice: Periodical reduction the enterprises’ part of employees’ medical 9.1 Hubei of employees’ basic medical insurance should be applied and every city insurance government shall make the tailor-made policy.

3/12/2020 This Notice includes thirty measures, involving Notice: Measures for eight fields, strengthening the support for finance, 9.2 Hubei promoting the development reducing the cost for market units, optimizing the of economic in Hubei business environment.

* Link to the reference: 1.1 http://www.gov.cn/xinwen/2020-03/12/content_5490284.htm 1.2 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/ypwoos63kVAg9QaA9k3Uug 2.1 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/hNrbP2ATy2hk4wMHhGm-6g 3.1 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/6KzQaVv5yQX8lPEhgVEfRg 3.2 http://www.suzhou.gov.cn/szsrmzf/szyw/202003/0b884a1dc37a4b8d89510834a5c24a37.shtml 4.1 http://www.zj.gov.cn/art/2020/3/12/art_1582435_42235703.html 5.1 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/oj29PtpcoFFyz9jP872NXA 6.1 http://www.sc.gov.cn/10462/c102278/2020/3/14/386d0b277abf47dfac0462adc4561e97.shtml 6.2 http://www.cdsgsl.gov.cn/policy/00000027/00001486 7.1 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/w9PypS5NILWAMnBZENNmuw 7.2 http://www.qingdao.gov.cn/n172/n24624151/n24626255/n24626269/n24626283/2003111402152 51137.html

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8.1 https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/BrMwg7kaMwXqG-HQNXoOUA 9.1 http://www.hb-n-tax.gov.cn/hbsw/shennongjia/gzdt/sjgzdt/169357.html 9.2 http://www.hubei.gov.cn/zfwj/ezf/202003/t20200312_2180269.shtml

* The above information is collected according to the government’s released information, there is the possibility of subsequent adjustment and change. Please pay attention to further confirm with the local government or the institute when using it in practice.

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