Update & Information Sharing: Coronavirus Outbreak
To assist our members with keeping up to date on the coronavirus outbreak and maintaining their business continuity, the Chamber has collated a list of official notices and supporting policies as listed below.
MOVEMENT UPDATES
Introduction of Healthcare Cloud
Digital credentials expected to facilitate international travel (18.03.2021)
Expats can get vaccine shots from Monday (24.03.2021)
China Eases Visa Rules for Foreigners Who Get Chinese Vaccines (15.03.2021)
Guide to get PU letter from China Foreign Affairs Office to apply for a new visa to enter China (09.12.2020)
From 28 September 2020, foreign nationals holding valid Chinese Residence Permits of three categories can travel to China (23.09.2020)
Global travel restrictions
Travel/entry policy by province in China (16.06.2020)
CORONAVIRUS
CONTAINMENT UPDATES
- Latest epidemic data in Mainland China from China CDC
- Recovery rate of virus patients in Shanghai reaches 80%
- Over 100 Chinese cities adopt QR codes for coronavirus control, work resumption
- New measures for arriving passengers from key epidemic regions (09.03.2020)
- WeDoctor - Healthcare company launches epidemic-prevention platform (16.03.2020)
- Stricter policies for arrivals from key epidemic regions (18.03.2020)
- Modelling how COVID-19 could affect Australia published by The Australian Government (07.04.2020)
- China ramps up land border control to prevent infection importation (06.04.2020)
- Shanghai to test passengers arriving before March 31 (07.04.2020)
- Shanghai rolls out special culture and tourism pass (23.04.2020)
POLICY UPDATES
- Key points from State Council executive meeting on Feb 25 (26.02.2020)
- China
to introduce strong financial measures to help smaller firms tide over
difficulties (24.02.2020)
- China's
trade council offers legal support for cross-border trade (24.02.2020)
- Circular on Several Measures for Further Deepening the Reform of Business Environment for Cross-border Trade at Shanghai's Ports (24.02.2020)
- Central government: Notice on support for foreign trade companies during the epidemic prevention and control period (CN)
- Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce released 28 policy measures to provide support for enterprises in Shanghai
- The Executive Committee of the State Council announced Payment Policy of Phased Social Security Provident Fund
- Shanghai Municipal Tax Service, State Taxation Administration: notice on supporting tax policies (CN)
- China Customs released 10 measures to support foreign trade enterprises
- Enterprises may defer housing provident fund payments
- The Ministry of Commerce issued 20 measures to support SMEs amid outbreak
- The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) of China introduces measures to help enterprises with foreign business
- Key measures from central government and local provincial, municipal or city-level authorities
- Supporting policies of different districts in Shanghai (CN)
- Central bank lowers lending benchmark amid outbreak
- China cuts electricity costs of enterprises from February to June
- China further eases corporate financing with registration-based bond issuance rules (03.03.2020)
- China offers exit, entry conveniences to foreigners amid epidemic control (01.03.2020)
- China updates tax cut guideline amid fight against epidemic guideline document (CN) | visual guide (CN) (11.03.2020)
- Cabinet tackles virus' impact on trade (31.03.2020)
- Policy tools to help nation come out of the epidemic shadow (21.04.2020)
- Regulations of Shanghai Muncipality on Optimizing Doing Business Environment (22.04.2020)
- China extends small business tax exemptions by four years (26.04.2020)
NEWS UPDATES
- 96 percent
of large-scale industrial enterprises in Yangtze River Delta demonstration zone
resume operation (27.02.2020)
- China vows easier market access for foreign investors (27.02.2020)
- Shanghai financial institutions help enterprises resume operation
- China's central bank injects liquidity into market
- Logistics association proposes measures to restore activities
- Postponement of two sessions (the country's biggest annual political event) proposed
- Online work permit applications expanded during coronavirus outbreak
Foreigner's work permit consulting hotline: 8008205114 - Beijing ups financial support for epidemic-affected cultural enterprises (03.03.2020)
- Epidemic aside, Shanghai continues to attract foreign investment (09.03.2020)
- Major Chinese courier companies resume operation (09.03.2020)
- Retail, manufacturing lead charge as businesses get back to normal (10.03.2020)
- WeDoctor - Healthcare company launches epidemic-prevention platform (16.03.2020)
- Hubei’s Months of Lockdown to End as Virus Risk Recedes (25.03.2020)
- Premier urges support for smaller and private enterprises during executive meetings (01.04.2020)
- Wuhan lifts outbound travel restrictions, ending 76-day lockdown (08.04.2020)
We will continuously update the list with new information on coronavirus.
