英属维京群岛在华投资跃居第二位

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英属维京群岛在华投资跃居第二位

Thursday, May 19, 2011

一个温暖的周五晚上，加勒比海托尔托拉岛上的Dove酒吧人声鼎沸。酒吧内那些衣冠楚楚、喝着马丁尼和进口啤酒的顾客可并非游客，而是经常造访毗邻法院的税务和信托律师。

这些律师大部分是英国人，专责向国际客户提供如何隐瞒企业身份的建议。

托尔托拉位于加勒比海东部，是英属维尔京群岛的行政中心，在英国管辖之下。整个群岛由36个小岛组成，实行零税率和公司保密法，能有效隐匿在这里注册的90万家公司的真实所有权。

英属维尔京群岛以往一直以欧美客户居多。不过，如今这里的内地富裕阶层日益增加。内地客户把出口销售收入及上市筹集的资金等集中在这里，之后再以外商投资的名义转回国内，以便避税。

因此，自2006年以来，来自英属维尔京群岛的投资已在内地跃居第二位，仅次于香港。

Sun, sand and lots of hot money

A small archipelago in the Caribbean is second only to Hong Kong as the biggest provider of foreign investment on the mainland. But Beijing wants to clamp down on the islands shielding a staggering 900,000 companies.

It's a balmy Friday night on the Caribbean island of Tortola and the Dove wine bar is heaving. The sharp-suited crowd sipping espresso martinis and imported beer aren't tourists, but tax and trust lawyers who frequent the island's tiny courthouse next door.

Mostly British expatriates, the money they're spending on drinks comes from the advice they give to international clients looking for ways to hide their corporate identities.

Set in the east Caribbean sea, Tortola is the administrative centre of the British Virgin Islands. Overseen by Britain, the archipelago of 36 islets boasts a zero tax rate and corporate secrecy laws that effectively shield the true ownership of the 900,000 companies registered here.

The BVI, as it's called, used to rely on European and US clients, but increasingly it has become wealthy clients from mainland China who park proceeds from such things as export sales and share offerings here and later often send them back home disguised as foreign investment to avoid tax.

The upshot is that since 2006, the BVI has ranked No2 behind Hong Kong as the biggest provider of foreign investment on the mainland.