Main contents: Commencing from February 2020, provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government (excluding Hubei Province) may, depending on how they are affected by the epidemic and the bearing capacity of the funds, exempt micro, small and medium enterprises from payment of the entity paid portion of premiums for enterprise basic old-age insurance, unemployment insurance and work-related injury insurance (the three social insurances) for a period not exceeding five months; for large enterprises and other entities enrolled in social insurance, levy of the entity paid portion of premiums for the three social insurances may be reduced by half for a period not exceeding three months (Article 1).

