According to the International Olympic Committee's rigid regulations 100 years ago, the gold plating of gold medals must be at least 6 grams of pure gold.

If calculated based on the current market price of about 250 yuan per gram of gold, the value would be 1,500 yuan.

But in the world and in China, everyone knows that the actual value of an Olympic gold medal is far thousands or even tens of thousands of times that of more than 1,000 yuan.

National Awards With the general enhancement of sports competitiveness in various countries around the world, the increasingly fierce competition in international sports events, and the increase in the number of participants in the Olympic Games, the road for athletes to win gold medals has become increasingly difficult.

Taking the Athens Olympics as an example, there were 10,500 participants, but only 301 gold medals were awarded.

Therefore, at that time, the State Sports General Administration had clarified before the delegation set off that the rewards for the athletes would be increased accordingly: gold medals of 200,000 yuan, silver medals of 120,000 yuan, and bronze medals of 80,000 yuan (tax-free).

As early as after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the National Sports Commission at the time decided to reward each Olympic gold medal athlete with 6,000 yuan to enhance the development of national sports.

In the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the country gave each gold medal athlete a reward of 15,000 yuan.

In the 1992 Barcelona Olympics and the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, the National Sports Commission's bonuses for gold, silver, and bronze medal athletes were: 80,000 yuan, 50,000 yuan, and 30,000 yuan respectively.

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, the competition became more intense. The country once again stipulated that the winners of Olympic gold, silver, and bronze medals would be awarded 150,000 yuan, 80,000 yuan, and 50,000 yuan respectively.

For this Olympics, an authoritative source from the Personnel Department of the State Sports General Administration revealed that the amount of national awards and prizes will definitely exceed that of the Athens Olympics.

When formulating the new reward policy, the single bonus system in the past will be changed, and it is possible to learn from South Korea's lifetime special allowance system.

In addition, the state stipulates that the scope of individual tax exemption for Olympic bonuses includes not only state awards, but also other award income, so the overall income of Chinese Olympic athletes will definitely "go to a higher level."

Relevant parties estimate that in addition to the amount of bonuses received by some special athletes such as Liu Xiang for winning medals must be very high, the income of other Olympic champions is also expected to exceed one million.

Local Awards In addition to national awards, the provinces and cities where the athletes are located will also reward Chinese athletes who have achieved honors for their motherland and hometown.

Taking the Athens Olympics as an example, if a player from Shaanxi Province wins a gold medal, the government will give him a reward of 1 million yuan. Silver and bronze medalists can also receive a reward of 300,000 yuan and 100,000 yuan respectively.

Gold, silver and bronze medals in Zhejiang Province are awarded 500,000 yuan, 180,000 yuan and 120,000 yuan respectively.

The rewards given by Liaoning Province are 300,000 yuan for gold medals, 150,000 yuan for silver medals, and 100,000 yuan for bronze medals.

The rewards in Shanghai are as follows: a gold medal of 500,000 yuan, an individual who wins two gold medals will receive a bonus of 1.2 million yuan, and an athlete who wins three gold medals will receive a bonus of 1.8 million yuan.

Yunnan even gave generous prizes of 1.5 million yuan and so on.

The bonus offered by Guangdong Province is 250,000 yuan. Liu Jiangnan, director of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, revealed that the rewards given to Olympic champions in Guangzhou will be higher than those in Guangdong Province.

Since the bonus offered by Guangdong Province for the Olympic champion is 250,000 yuan, plus the national reward of 200,000 yuan, if Guangzhou athletes win the Olympic championship, the bonus will be at least 700,000 yuan.

Over the years, Hebei Province has had a complete incentive mechanism.

As long as athletes qualify for the Olympics, they will receive a reward of 20,000 yuan. If they win a medal, they will receive rewards ranging from 30,000 yuan to 300,000 yuan. The reward amount for coaches is the same as that for athletes.

Other awards In addition to government awards, starting from the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the "Fok Ying Tung Sports Fund" has awarded Chinese Olympic athletes heavily at every Olympic Games. The Athens Olympic gold medalists will each be awarded a one-kilogram pure gold medal and US$80,000.

of cash prizes.

In addition, some well-known domestic enterprises, companies and some entrepreneurs have expressed their intention to individually reward gold medal players who have brought glory to the country. In addition to cash prizes, they will also give away houses and high-end cars worth millions. In addition, a large number of companies have decided to use the Olympic Games to

If the champions become their own image spokespersons or ask them to shoot advertisements, etc., the resulting commercial income will be even more considerable.

For example, Liu Xiang's bonuses mainly come from three sources: first, national awards; second, local government awards; third, awards from various enterprises and image advertising endorsement fees.

Among the above three types of bonuses, corporate image endorsement advertising income will be Liu Xiang's most considerable income.

As the spokesperson of a certain motorcycle company in Chongqing, the company awarded Liu Xiang millions in cash.

Since then, a large number of "orders" have come in one after another.