Notice of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism on Strengthening Policy Support and Further Supporting the Development of Travel Agencies

The departments (bureaus) of culture and tourism of all provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government, and the Bureau of Culture, Sports, Radio, Television and Tourism of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps: 

　　Travel agencies are an important market entity for the development of tourism and an important link between tourism supply and demand. They play an important role in unblocking the circulation of the tourism market, expanding tourism consumption, promoting cultural exchanges and social civilization.In order to implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee and the State Council to increase support for enterprises in industries continuously affected by the new coronary pneumonia epidemic, supportTravel agencies actively respondOperationDifficulties, effectively reduce operating costs, push.MoveTravel agency operationComprehensiveRecovery and high-quality development, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows: 

　　1.Optimize the market environment 

　　AccordingState Council in-depth promotion"Release management service" reform work requirements, implementationRegulation on Optimizing the Business EnvironmentAbout"Promoting the use of financial institution guarantees as an alternative to cash for corporate deposits"ofProvisions, innovative tourism service quality deposit (hereinafter referred to"Margin") payment method to reduce the cash flow pressure of enterprises.Increase policy and financial support to expand the development space of travel agencies. 

　　(I)PropulsionMargin reform 

　　1. Local cultural and tourism administrative departments should actively establish a work coordination mechanism with local branches of the People's Bank of China and the Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau to encourage the development of security deposit performance guarantee insurance products, and travel agencies can apply for security deposit guarantee from banks after taking out insurance. 

　　2. Conditional areas may actively carry out the pilot work of insurance directly replacing cash or bank guarantee deposit. Before the pilot, the work plan should be reported to the Department of Market Management of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism for the record. 

　　3. Support travel agencies according to their own operating conditions, from.Deposits, direct acquisition of bank guarantees, and acquisition of bank guarantees on the basis of insurance policies.Flexible selectiona wayDepositThe pilot area can also beDirect use of insurancePay the security deposit. 

　　(II) stimulate the vitality of the main body of the market 

　　1. Encourage all localities to set up funds for the transformation and upgrading of travel agencies, strengthen the evaluation of the service quality of travel agencies, and establish and improve the incentive mechanism to promote the high-quality development of travel agencies. 

　　2.Encourage party building activities and official activities carried out by state agencies, enterprises, institutions, and social organizations at all levels, and entrust travel agencies to arrange transportation, accommodation, catering, and conference affairs. 

　　IIGrasp the implementation of financial policies 

　　Local cultural and tourism administrationsTo be positiveImplementation《Ministry of Culture and Tourism People's Bank of China China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission on the implementation of financial policies. Notice of Further Support for the Relief and Development of Market Entities such as Performance Enterprises and Travel Agencies (Culture and Tourism Industry 〔2021] No. 41) requirements,In conjunction with branches of the local people's Bank of China, the Banking and Insurance Regulatory Bureau and relevant financial units, we will do a good job in the implementation of financial policies and strive to alleviate the phased difficulties faced by travel agencies. 

　　(I)IncreaseFinancial support 

　　1. Continue to use the policies of refinancing, rediscounting, deferred repayment of principal and interest on universal small and micro-enterprise loans and credit loan support to increase support for qualified small and micro-enterprise travel agencies. 

　　2. For travel agencies that meet the conditions for loan renewal, financial institutions are encouraged to handle normal loan renewal business under the principles of marketization and rule of law, and shall not blindly cherish loans, draw loans, cut off loans or press loans. 

　　3. Smooth the bank-enterprise docking channels, and guide travel agencies to actively provide banks with key information such as operation and management, assets and liabilities, financial income and expenditure, and tax payment.。Encourage financial institutions to innovate in their credit investigation methods,BootExpandRight.Travel AgencyofLetterUseCreditSectionSupport, promote the loan with the loan repayment. 

　　(II) Establish and Improve the Long-term Mechanism of Financing Supporting Services 

　　1. Moderately expand the scope of application of cultural and tourism-related industry development funds, and explore the provision of financing supporting services for travel agencies, such as financing credit enhancement, risk sharing, interest subsidies, and emergency turnover. Increase government financing guarantee and re-guarantee institutions to increase the financing of travel agencies. 

　　2. Encourage financial institutions to strengthen cooperation with local financing guarantee institutions, establish and improve normalized financial mechanisms, and support the development of travel agencies that face short-term operational difficulties but have good development prospects. 

　　(III)SupportCultural and financial service centersplay a positive roleRole 

　　1. Encourage qualified regions to set up relief funds for cultural and tourism enterprises. Encourage banking financial institutions to rely on the existing first loan renewal service center, centralized acceptance of small and medium-sized micro-enterprise travel agencies first loan, loan renewal applications. 

　　2. Support all localities to explore and optimize the mode of first loan renewal service center in an orderly manner, and help banking financial institutions to excavate and identifyTravel AgencyEffective financing needs to increase the volume of first loan and renewal business. 

　　3, guide the use of inclusive relief policies. 

　　Local cultural and tourism administrative departments should strengthen communication and coordination with human resources, social security, finance, taxation and other departments, guide travel agencies to further make good use of various inclusive relief policies, and enhance enterprise development confidence. 

　　(I) tax relief related policies 

　　1. For travel agencies that meet the conditions of small-scale VAT taxpayers and have monthly sales of less than 150000 yuan (inclusive), they can enjoy VAT exemption in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance on Clarifying the VAT Exemption Policy for Small-scale VAT Taxpayers (Announcement No. 11 of 2021 of the State Administration of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance). 

　　2. For travel agencies that meet the conditions of small and low-profit enterprises, the annual taxable income does not exceed 1 million yuan, according to the Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance on the Implementation of Preferential Income Tax Policies for Small and Micro Enterprises and Individual Industrial and Commercial Households (Announcement of the State Administration of Taxation of the Ministry of Finance No. 12 of 2021), on the basis of the preferential policies stipulated in the Notice of the Ministry of Finance and the State Administration of Taxation on the Implementation of Inclusive Tax Reduction Policies for Small and Micro Enterprises (No.13 [2019] of the Ministry of Finance), the enterprise income tax can be reduced by half. 

　　Policies on (II) social security and stable employment 

　　1. According to the "the People's Republic of China Social Insurance Law" and "Several Provisions on the Implementation of the" the People's Republic of China Social Insurance Law "(Order No. 13 of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security), guide travel agencies with development difficulties and eligible conditions to handle deferred payment of social insurance premiums in accordance with regulations. At the same time, guide travel agencies to apply for the policy of reducing unemployment insurance and work injury insurance rates in stages. 

　　2. According to the "Notice of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance on the Implementation of the Special Support Plan for Enterprise Stabilization and Expansion of Posts" (Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security [2020] No. 30), coordinate the human resources and social security and the financial departments to include travel agencies in the special support plan, Guide travel agencies to carry out work-for-work training and apply for corporate vocational training subsidies in accordance with the requirements. 

　　3. According to the "Notice of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Finance on Giving Full Play to the Effectiveness of the Special Account Funds for Vocational Skills Improvement Actions" (Human Resources and Social Security Department Letter [2021] No. 14), coordinate human resources and social security, The financial department will bring the training of travel agencies and tour guides into the scope of special account funds for vocational skills improvement actions, increase training subsidies to directly supplement enterprises, and do a good job expansion and stable employment. 

　　(III) housing accumulation fund policy 

　　According to the regulations on the Administration of Housing Provident Fund, travel agencies with operational difficulties are guided to apply for reducing the deposit ratio or deferment of housing provident fund in accordance with the regulations, and then increase the deposit ratio or make up the amount of deferment after the economic benefits improve. 

　　4. job requirements 

　　(I) raise their political positions.Local cultural and tourism administrative departments should deeply understandStrengtheningPolicySupportThe importance of supporting the development of travel agencies, combined with the study and education of party history, will support travel agencies to cope with stage difficulties and promote high-quality development.Specific measures of "I do practical things for the masses"。Make full use of the Government portal of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism"Cultural and tourism enterprise policy information service" column, timely follow-up to understand the relevant policy trends, widely publicized and popularized, to ensure that the policy transmission in place. 

　　(II) form a programme of work.Local cultural and tourism administrative departments should form a special work plan for the deposit reform work, do a good job in the transition connection, clarify the responsibility of special personnel, ensure the smooth progress of the deposit reform work, establish a work account, guide and urge travel agencies to complete the deposit in a timely manner on the national tourism supervision service platform Information change and filing work.In the pilot process,To actively and steadily carry out relevant work,TimelySummary,Form replicable and generalizable experiences. 

　　(III) a coordination mechanism.All localities should establish and improve work coordination mechanisms, pay close attention to the implementation of financial policies, and make good use of various assistance policies. Give full play to the organization and coordination advantages of government departments, find out the needs of enterprises, and provide convenience for financial institutions to support the development of enterprise relief. Continue to track the effectiveness of implementation, take the initiative to study and solve outstanding problems, carefully sort out relevant suggestions, and summarize experience and practices in a timely manner. RelatedMajor situations encountered in the work should be reported to the Department of Market Management of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in a timely manner. 

　　Notice is hereby given. 

　　                           Ministry of Culture and Tourism

　　                           June 1, 2021