Zhang Yimou immigrated to the United States.

Stars in the entertainment circle want to become "national first-class actors", first of all, they must have the establishment within the system, and secondly, they must have profound cultural and artistic accomplishment and superb performance skills. Of course, there are also many stars who have not been compiled and have been rated as "national first-class actors". They can have such honor because in 2005, in order to commemorate the centenary of China's film, the Film Association awarded "One Hundred Excellent Actors in China's Film History", and the selection period was 1905-2004.

Interestingly, many of these hundreds of "national first-class actors" were removed from the American Association because they gave up their citizenship in China. Jet Li and Gong Li are among them, because they are not from China!

1. Gong Li (Singapore)1965 65438+February 3 1 Gong Li was born in Shenyang, Liaoning, China. As a well-deserved "top-notch" Chinese film, Gong Li enjoys a good reputation at home and abroad, and can be said to be one of the most famous actresses in the Chinese-speaking world. Gong Li became a Singaporean citizen because of Zhang Yimou.

After learning that Zhang Yimou and Gong Li broke up, Huang Hexiang began to pursue Gong Li. The best way to forget someone is to start a new relationship. Under Huang Hexiang's fierce love offensive, Gong Li was moved. 1February 199615th, Gong Li, 3 1 year-old, had a flash marriage with Huang Hexiang, 46. Because Huang Hexiang is a Singaporean, Gong Li has always intended to give up China citizenship.

On June 5438+065438+ 10, 2008, Gong Li, who had already successfully applied for citizenship, finally got a new identity card and a new resident card in Singapore, and took the oath together with other new citizens 149, and officially became a Singapore citizen. The change of nationality caused great controversy at that time. But Gong Li doesn't seem to care about these controversies, and he is very domineering: "If I care too much about the external evaluation, I won't have my own life. Becoming a Singapore citizen is my own choice, and there is no need to explain the reasons to the public. "

In February, 2002165438+,the Radio and Television Bureau issued a new regulation requiring foreign actors to indicate their nationality. In the past, Gong Li's information was marked as "national first-class actor", but now it is changed to "Singaporean film actress". With the label of "foreign", Gong Li's acting career will be greatly affected. Before that, she could barely accept the positive energy inspirational movie "China Women's Volleyball Team". It is estimated that similar works will shut her out in the future.

Two. Jet Li (Singapore)1963 On April 26th, Jet Li was born in Beijing, China. After he gave up his China citizenship, the first thing he joined was American citizenship. 1September 1999 19, 36-year-old Jet Li and Nina Li Chi got married in the United States and became American citizens. Few people knew about his naturalization in the United States, and it was not until 2009 that he gave up his American citizenship and became a Singaporean citizen that he caused an uproar. Jet Li paid a high price for becoming a Singaporean citizen.

First of all, although the United States recognizes dual citizenship, Singapore cannot. If you want to become a Singaporean citizen, you must give up your original nationality. However, giving up American citizenship is not that simple. No matter you are a star or a business tycoon, as long as you give up American citizenship, you must pay huge punitive taxes. Many people call this kind of fine "abandoning national tax".

"Abandoning national tax" is calculated according to the length of your stay in the United States. Those who have lived in the United States for more than five years are required to pay 27.5% of the total assets. That is to say, Jet Li has paid at least tens of millions of dollars to "give up the national tax" and promised not to set foot in the United States for many years, otherwise it would have to pay huge taxes, which also led Jet Li to give up American citizenship and not to go to the United States for a long time.

Abandoning the national tax paid a lot of money, and Jet Li spent a lot of money to become a Singaporean citizen. It is said that there are four ways to join this nationality: skilled migration, investment migration, marriage migration and entrepreneurial migration. According to Jet Li's own situation, marriage immigrants and entrepreneurial immigrants can be basically excluded. So there are only two ways left: technology and investment.

Although Jet Li is good at kung fu, he has no professional skills and can only invest in immigrants. According to Singapore's regulations, to become a Singapore citizen, you must pay at least S $2.5 million, which is 6.5438+0.2 million yuan when converted into RMB. Jet Li naturally knows what ordinary people know, so he set up the One Foundation in Singapore before he immigrated.

In his words, "I became a Singaporean citizen to do charity for the people of China. Many people called me hypocritical, but I gave up my American citizenship. It should be Americans who hate me. " There are many reasons why Jet Li became a Singaporean citizen, and charity is just one of them. After the establishment of One Foundation, Jet Li needs to participate in public welfare around the world. In recognition of his contribution to charity, the United Nations issued a "United Nations passport".

In fact, the number of visa-free countries for this passport is limited. The two countries with the largest number of visa-free countries in the world are Japan and Singapore. Jet Li will definitely not become a Japanese citizen, so she applied for Singaporean citizenship. With this identity, he can be exempted from the 190 country, saving a lot of time.

Singapore's educational environment and taxation are also one of the reasons that attract immigrants from Jet Li. A unique bilingual education environment is conducive to the cultivation of two daughters. In terms of taxation, it is mainly simple, transparent and low-cost. Jet Li is not only a star, a philanthropist, but also a businessman, so his immigration is carefully planned and well thought out.