Wang Bingnan, Assistant Minister of Commerce, said 8, in recent years, the physical shop.

With an increase of 20% per year, there will be a lot of business pressure. The Ministry of Commerce will take various measures to actively guide and reduce the rental of physical shops.

According to Xinhua News Agency April 8th, a meeting of the Executive Council of the State Council was launched.

"Action" proposed to reduce the rental of physical shops.

On the 8 day at the State Council's policy briefing, Wang Bingnan said that in the field of domestic trade circulation, store rents account for about 30% of the operating cost of physical stores.

The rent increases at an annual rate of 20%, which is about 2 times the average sales growth, which is a great pressure on the physical store operation.

In view of the supply of commercial facilities for people's livelihood, the State Council issued a series of documents in recent years. For example, the State Council's opinions on deepening the reform of the circulation system and accelerating the development of the circulation industry clearly stipulate that the proportion of new community business and comprehensive service facilities in the total area of the community should not be less than 10%.

Wang Bingnan said that the Ministry of Commerce will strictly promote the implementation of the document, giving priority to protecting the commercial facilities that involve agriculture, public welfare markets, community vegetable markets, home economics, pension, renewable resources recovery, and other livelihood related businesses.

Wang Bingnan said that in order to protect the basic livelihood needs of the residents, the Ministry of Commerce in recent years will promote local governments to learn from their mature experience, strengthen the construction of public welfare market, and take various measures such as borrowing first, then renting, buying first and then renting.