Feb 19, 2022 05:10 PM

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China Moves to Protect Vulnerable Services Sector From Excessive Local Covid Control Measures

By Cheng Siwei and Lu Zhenhua

Health workers at a new laboratory Saturday in Suzhou, which is able to handle 1 million nucleic acid samples a day. Photo: VCG

Health workers at a new laboratory Saturday in Suzhou, which is able to handle 1 million nucleic acid samples a day. Photo: VCG

China has issued policies to help the country’s services sector better cope with the pandemic fallout, including tax reliefs and fiscal compensations as well as prohibiting excessive disease control measures.

The measures are contained in a 10-page policy paper released jointly by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) together with 13 other central government agencies such as the Ministry of Finance and National Health Commission on Friday.

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