Xinhua Daily, a newspaper under the Nanjing Party Committee, Jiangsu Province, reported that the Nanjing government announced, on March 13, that it is handing out coupons worth a total of 318 million yuan (US $45 million) to encourage the service industry’s recovery.
The coupons, with a monetary value of 50 yuan or 100 yuan, included a dining coupon, a book coupon, a village tour coupon, an information consumption coupon, a living subsidy, and a labor union coupon.
The article pointed out that many cities have tried the monetary encouragement method to encourage people to consume, including:
- On February 13, Macao announced it would issue a MOP$ 3000 (US $375) electronic coupon to each resident.
- On February 26, Hong Kong announced HK $120 billion (US $15.4 billion) in financial support, including giving out HK $10,000 to each person over 18 years old.
- On March 2, Ji’nan City, Shandong Province announced 20 million yuan in cultural consumption coupons.
- On March 5, De City, Zhejiang Province announced 10 million yuan in travel coupons.
- On March 12, Zhejiang Provincial Culture and Tourism Department announced that Zhejiang will provide 1 billion yuan to stimulate cultural and tourism consumption and 100 million yuan in gifts directly to people.
- On March 13, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province announced it would give out 100 million yuan in coupons.
To encourage people to go out to spend money, several major leaders in Jiangsu Province went to restaurants or stores to demonstrate consumption, setting an example for citizens.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
3月13日,南京发布称,将向市民和困难群体发放消费券,通过政府引导与商家促销相结合,形成现实购买力,推动服务业全面复苏。
南京此次发放的消费券总额度3.18亿元,主要包括餐饮消费券、体育消费券、图书消费券、乡村旅游消费券、信息消费券、困难群众消费券、工会会员消费券等7大类。为体现差异化,消费券面值根据不同类型按每份100元或50元设定。
梳理后,不难发现,最近多地政府已经开始把“发放消费券”作为刺激消费的手段之一。
2月13日,澳门经济财政司司长李伟农宣布,在疫情缓和后向每个居民发放3000澳门元电子消费券,必须在本地消费,限定在3个月内使用。
2月26日,香港财政司宣布,将推出高达1200亿港元的大规模逆周期措施,包括向18岁或以上香港永久性居民发放1万港元现金,以鼓励消费、纾解民困。
3月2日,山东济南市委、市政府印发相关文件,推出2000万元文旅消费券,主要用于拉动文旅消费。
3月5日,浙江建德市宣布,将向外地游客发放1000万元旅游消费券,每人可领面值500元,可用于住宿、景点、餐饮等,外地游客扫码即可领取。
3月6日,辽宁省政府发布《支持文化和旅游企业共渡难关若干政策措施》,其中提到“鼓励向大众发放惠民文化和旅游消费券,对受疫情影响严重的行业进行重点支持,促进文化和旅游市场复苏”。
3月11日,珠海市政府发布《关于有效降低疫情影响促进经济平稳运行的实施意见》时,提到“支持商贸服务业做大做强,探索发行消费券、惠民券等政策手段,鼓励商贸文旅企业组织开展美食节、购物节、文化旅游季等促销活动,促进消费潜力释放”。
3月12日,浙江省文化和旅游厅党组成员、副厅长杨建武在浙江省新型冠状病毒肺炎疫情防控工作第三十五场新闻发布会上表示,浙江将推出总价达10亿元的文旅消费券和一亿元的文旅消费大红包。
3月13日,宁波市政府新闻发布会宣布,发放1亿元消费券,释放居民消费潜力,实现消费恢复增长,还将推出健身消费券,市民凭券可免费使用场馆场地设施健身。
与此同时,江苏互联网龙头企业也开始积极响应,提振消费,扩大内需。3月14日,苏宁易购率先发布消息称,将面向全国用户发放总面值500元全民消费券,涵盖家电、手机电脑、服饰鞋帽、珠宝配饰、生活电器、超市等诸多商品及到家业务品类。消费券总价值共计5亿元。
为了推动复工复产复市,让经济尽快“苏醒”,让市民尽享美好生活,这一周,江苏各地书记市长们纷纷成为“带货达人”,打响“经济复苏战”第一枪。
3月9日下午,江苏省委常委、南京市委书记张敬华在夫子庙景区内的一家餐饮店“下馆子”,品尝鸭血粉丝汤等小吃。
3月10日傍晚,苏州市长李亚平,逛起苏州最繁华的商圈观前街,还走进老牌餐饮松鹤楼。
3月11日晚,南京市市长韩立明走访考察大众书局新城市广场店,买了两本书——《南京传》和《浮生六记》……
3月12日上午,无锡市委书记黄钦亮出绿码,接受体温检测显示合格后,走进一家餐饮店,点了“春季套餐”和一份特色小菜。
3月13日,淮安市委书记蔡丽新、市长陈之常分别到市区交通路浦楼面馆和蒋坝镇调研餐饮业恢复营业情况,品尝淮安特色小吃——长鱼面、小螺蛳。
同一天,徐州市委书记周铁根来到“三珍斋”和位于市区的购物中心,调研餐饮商贸等服务业复工复产情况,并扫码付款购买了一杯奶茶打包带走,以实际行动支持商家。
Source: Xinhua Daily, March 14, 2020
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