During the epidemic in Nanjing, the rent reduction and exemption policy was: small and medium-sized enterprises with difficulties in leasing state-owned assets were exempted from paying 1 month rent and charged two months rent at half. Private owners who rent other business premises are encouraged to reduce the rent of tenants, but there is no mandatory requirement.

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Article 2 of the Guiding Opinions on Further Helping Small and Micro Enterprises and Individual Industrial and Commercial Households in the Service Industry to Alleviate the Pressure of Housing Rent in Response to the COVID-19 Epidemic.

Small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households that have difficulties in leasing state-owned houses will be exempted from housing rent for three months in the first half of the year. Sublet and sublet state-owned housing to ensure that the rent-free benefits eventually fall on the lessee. If a state-owned house owned by the central government is leased, the housing rent support policy for small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households in the service industry where the house is located shall be implemented. If the rent reduction affects the performance of state-owned enterprises and institutions, it shall be determined according to the actual situation in the assessment. For small and micro enterprises and individual industrial and commercial households that have difficulties in leasing non-state-owned houses, lessors are encouraged to reduce or delay the rent on the basis of equal consultation between the two parties and taking into account the practical difficulties of the lessee.