The ministry has also been deepening cooperation with banks over financial assistance to the industry, with the banks issuing nearly 70 billion yuan in loans, Shan added.
The ministry urged related provinces and regions to organize manufacturers to restore production to step up supplies including disinfectant and infrared thermometers.
The measures also introduce the standard on reducing academic workload, which is believed to be related to myopia. Pupils in first and second grades should not be assigned any written homework. For kindergartens and pupils, families and schools should cooperate to guarantee no less than 10 hours of sleep; for middle school and high school students, the sleeping time for each day should be no less than nine hours and eight hours, respectively.
The mechanism covers areas like education, culture, science and technology, health, youth, women, press, think tanks, tourism and sports, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said earlier this month.
The medical workers had received proper training before setting out for Hubei, and local authorities in the province have also provided assistance, including renting hotels nearby the hospitals where the medical workers work so they can have accommodation, Jiao said.
The meeting also decided to unify the standard for small-scale taxpayers, which raises the threshold of taxable annual sales volume for industrial and commercial enterprises from 500,000 yuan and 800,000 yuan, respectively, to 5 million yuan. Enterprises registered as general taxpayers will be allowed to switch their status to small-scale taxpayers within a given time.
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The measures cover eight major areas including relaxed regional administrative authority, talents, fiscal and finance, land use, industrial development, housing, transportation and infrastructure.
The ministry will continue to support migrant workers, including college students, retired soldiers and technicians and professionals, in starting their own businesses in rural areas, through preferential policies including land use and financial services, it said.
The massive testing due to start on Tuesday will be launched for free and on a voluntary basis, and the government has reiterated the personal data of participants will be well protected. As far, more than 400,000 residents have registered for the testing.
The measures are designed to remove the obstacles that have held businesspeople back and nurture new economic drivers.