Is it true that a small country with a population of one million "sells accounts" and makes a windfall?

When it comes to immigration, the first cities people think of are California, Vancouver, Canada and Melbourne, Australia, or small countries like Singapore and New Zealand.

However, in Europe, there is an island country with a population of only a little more than 1 10,000, which is located at the junction of Europe and Asia. In the past four years, this country earned 4 billion euros (about 3/kloc-0.50 billion yuan) by attracting investment immigrants, and the foreign investment attracted by the immigration policy accounted for 30% of the total foreign investment. This country is Cyprus.

Attract immigrants and get 30 billion.

In 20 13, a banking crisis broke out in Cyprus. 20 10 when the Greek economy was in recession, the two largest banks in Cyprus were still full of confidence in Greece and still actively held Greek government bonds. As a result, their adventurous behavior was punished. In 20 12, the investment losses of the two major banks on Greek bonds alone accounted for nearly 30% of Cyprus' GDP, exceeding 80% of the country's government revenue in 20 1 1 year. Therefore, the Cyprus government is unable to help the banking industry with huge losses, and applying for international assistance has become the only option.

In order to save the national economy and attract foreign investment, the Cyprus government has tried its best to attract investment immigrants and launched the immigration and permanent investment plan, also known as the "golden visa" plan. Compared with immigrants from other countries, the most prominent feature of Cyprus's immigration and permanent resident policy is its speed and cheapness.