中國影響力增強 拉加德稱IMF總部十年內或遷至北京

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) could be based in Beijing in a decade if growth trends for China and other big emerging markets continue and these are reflected in the Fund's voting structure, IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said.

國際貨幣基金組織總裁克里斯蒂娜·拉加德日前稱，如果中國和其他主要新興市場的增長趨勢保持不變，該趨勢也體現在IMF的投票份額結構裏，IMF總部或將在十年內遷至北京。

Lagarde said at a Center for Global Development event in Washington that such a move was "a possibility" because the Fund will need to increase the representation of major emerging markets as their economies grow larger and more influential.

拉加德在華盛頓的全球發展中心舉辦的一場活動上稱，IMF總部搬遷是“可能的”，因爲隨着主要新興市場的經濟壯大，影響力擴大，IMF需要提高其代表性。

"Which might very well mean, that if we have this conversation in 10 years' might not be sitting in Washington, D.C. We'll do it in our Beijing head office," Lagarde said.

拉加德說：“也就是說，如果我們是在10年後進行今天的討論，那我們有可能是坐在北京總部辦公室裏，而非現在的華盛頓特區。”

She added that the IMF's bylaws call for the institution's head office to be located in the largest member economy.

她補充道，根據IMF的規章制度，該機構的總部辦公室應設在成員中最大的經濟體。

Since the IMF was launched in 1945, that has always been the US, which currently has an effective veto over IMF decisions with a 16.5% share of its board votes.

自1945年IMF成立以來，美國一直是成員中最大的經濟體。美國目前在IMF董事會投票份額中佔16.5%，在決策中享有有效否決權。

The IMF last revised its voting structure in 2010, but is set to launch another review next year.

IMF上一次調整投票份額結構是在2010年，明年將啓動新一輪調整。