Why do international sports organizations love Switzerland so much?

Xinhua News Agency, Geneva, September 14th (Reporter Shan Lei) Switzerland is the most concentrated place for the International Sports Organization. 45 sports organizations are stationed in Switzerland. Why do these sports organizations like Switzerland so much? What are the tricks to attract sports organizations in Switzerland?

Beautiful scenery, good infrastructure, and high -quality living conditions are all familiar to Switzerland, and they are also one of the factors that attract the settlement of international sports organizations. At the same time, Switzerland's security factor and peace index are also the main reason for international organizations.

International Olympic Committee Headquarters. Xinhua News Agency/POOL/Fabarez

However, these are not the main reason why the International Sports Organization loves Switzerland, but the tax system. According to the regulations of the Swiss government, international organizations enjoy "international organization treatment" in Switzerland, that is, they do not need to report their working conditions to the Swiss government, nor do they need to disclose their financial statements. The International Sports Organization can enjoy a high tax reduction and exemption in Switzerland, and the Swiss government's management of them is also very loose.

Of course, this system also has its disadvantages, because it basically avoids the supervision and investigation of corruption issues in the Swiss government. This is why the Swiss government has strengthened the management of international sports organizations after the emergence of international football corruption incidents. In 2012, the Swiss government requested the core officials of important international sports organizations to join the list of government officials who declared their personal situation every year, and at the same time strengthened their crackdown on money laundering crimes.

The FIFA headquarters located in Zurich, Switzerland. Xinhua News Agency/Fa Xin

However, this still cannot resist the love of Switzerland in the International Sports Organization. There are 23 international sports organizations including the International Olympic Committee (including Lausanne and Geneva and other places). According to statistics from the International Institute of Sports Science and Technology (founded by the International Olympic Committee in 2000), these international sports organizations bring more than 1 billion Swiss francs (more than 7 billion yuan) to Switzerland each year. By profit from 250 million Swiss francs (more than 1.75 billion yuan).

The survey shows that these international sports organizations mainly bring the cost of employment and a large number of travels to the Swiss government. Each year, these organizations solve more than 2,000 employees in Switzerland. In 2013 alone, there were 32,000 travel members of the International Sports Organization alone.

The International Olympic Committee was the International Sports Organization of the first headquarters in Switzerland. They settled here in 1915 and have been here for 107 years. The increase in international influence in the Olympic Games has attracted many single sports organizations to Switzerland, and some sports -related institutions have also joined. For example, the headquarters of the International Sports Arbitration Tribunal is in Lausanne, and the International Federation and the International Gymnastics Federation are also in Lausanne. In addition, the FIFA and the International Ice Hockey Federation are in Zurich, the International Basketball Federation in Geneva, the International Handball Federation is in Basel, the International Ski and Ski Ski Federation is in Bern. Some non -Olympic projects have also settled in Switzerland, looking forward to more contact opportunities with the International Olympic Committee.

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