平户市

日本平户市——税收优惠政策有各种各样的形式。

HIRADO , Japan - Tax breaks come in many forms .

平户市在2008年项目启动之后就开始接受捐款了，但直到最近才收到一些大笔的捐赠。

While Hirado began accepting donations soon after the program began in 2008 , it only recently started to earn serious money .

日本平户市&税收优惠政策有各种各样的形式。

HIRADO , Japan & Tax breaks come in many forms .

自从上世纪50年代以来，平户市的人口已经减少了一半。

The population has dropped by half since the 1950s .

平户市的官员还在不断创新。

Hirado town officials keep innovating .

黑田稔彦说，平户市的礼物所用的花费，略低于它所获得的资金的一半。

Hirado 's gifts cost the city a little less than half the money it receives , Mr. Kuroda said .

给平户市捐钱的纳税人能够享受到不错的减免政策，还能得到琵琶虾、螺类和牡蛎。

Taxpayers who donate money to Hirado get a nice deduction and a shipment of slipper lobsters , spiral-shelled mollusks and oysters .

受到网络购物的启发，平户市设立了一个网站和积分系统，捐款者可以在网站上选择礼物，并通过积分系统要求获得奖励。

Taking cues from online shopping , it set up a website where donors can choose gifts and a point system to claim rewards .

我们希望它能成为税收制度的一个固定部分，而不仅仅是一个短期计划，平户市市长黑田稔彦说。

We want this to be a permanent fixture of the tax system , not just a kind of short-lived festival , said Mr. Kuroda , the Hirado mayor .

但这场博弈却让平户市受益无穷。这座城市的最鼎盛时期是在四个世纪前，它当时是一座繁忙的贸易中心，吸引着远及欧洲的布料和银器商人。

Playing the game has been a boon for Hirado . The town 's heyday was four centuries ago , when it was a bustling trading hub that drew cloth and silver merchants from as far away as Europe .