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学习网3月27日电国务院副总理王岐山27日在《泰晤士报》上发表题为《G20mustlookbeyondtheneedsofthetop20》的文章称,如果国际货币基金组织(IMF)发行债券,中国愿意购买,并为扩充IMF资金库做出力所能及的贡献。
据中国证券网编载此篇文章称,王岐山表示,如果IMF基于配额的贡献无法满足迫切需求,可以发行债券,中国将是这些债券的买家之一。此外,他还认为,IMF应按照人均国内生产总值(GDP)高低来要求各国对IMF的贡献大小,而不应依照外汇储备规模。王岐山表示,这么做不现实,也不公平。
王岐山还写道,中国会审视所谓的新借款协定,双边借款协定应由相关国家和IMF进行讨论。为应对危机,即将召开的伦敦峰会必须传递出国际社会决心共渡难关的强烈讯号。
国务院副总理王岐山在《泰晤士报》发表的文章全文:
G20mustlookbeyondtheneedsofthetop20
WangQishan(Vice-PremierofthePeople'sRepublicofChina)
ChinabelievesthedevelopingworldshouldhaveastrongersayinhowtheinternationalfinancialsystemisrunWangQishan
Theglobalfinancialcrisisthatstartedlastyearhastakenitstollontheworldeconomyonanunprecedentedscale.Tocopewiththecrisis,astrongsignalmustbesentfromtheupcomingLondonsummitthattheinternationalcommunityisdeterminedtoacttogethertogetthroughthetimeofhardship.
Afterthefinancialcrisisbrokeout,Chinawasquicktoputinplaceadecisiveplantoboostdomesticdemand,advanceeconomicrestructuringandimprovepeople'swellbeing.Thesemeasureshavestartedtoproduceresults.Atpresent,theChineseeconomystillfacesseverechallenges.
Wehavetomeetthedemandinggoalofmaintainingeconomicgrowthbyboostingdomesticdemand,ensuringemploymentandreadjustingtheeconomicstructure.Wealsohavetocopewithshrinkingexternaldemandcausedbytheglobaleconomicdownturnandtradeandinvestmentprotectionism.Chinawillcontinuetotakeforcefulmeasurestomaintainsteadyandfasteconomicgrowthandcontributeitssharetoanearlyrecoveryoftheworldeconomy.
SincetheG20summitinWashingtonlastyear,China,asaresponsiblememberoftheinternationalcommunity,hasprovidedalotofassistanceandsupportthroughavarietyofmeanstoanumberofcountriesandregions.Wesignedbilateralcurrencyswapagreementsworth580billionyuan(about£58.5billion)withvariouscountriesandregions.
WeplayedapartinthecreationofsignificantAsianandglobaleconomicandtradeinitiatives,suchastheChianMaiinitiativeandtheInternationalFinanceCorporation'sglobaltradefinanceprogramme.Weinitiatedaninteragencyco-operationandliaisonmechanismforaffairsrelatedtotheInter-AmericanDevelopmentBank.TheExport-ImportBanksofChinaandtheUnitedStatessignedatradefinanceagreementworth$20billioninDecember2008.TheChineseGovernmentsentChinesecompaniesonprocurementmissionstoEuropeandmadepurchasesworth$13.6billion.WewillcontinuetoprovideassistancetootherdevelopingcountriesparticularlyinAfricaandAsia,withintheframeworkof“South-South”co-operation.
Toovercomethecurrentdifficulties,theinternationalcommunityshouldenhanceco-ordinationonmacroeconomicpolicies.Effortsshouldbemadetoexpandtradeandinvestmentco-operationtobolstereconomicgrowth,stepupco-operationamongsmallandmedium-sizebusinessestoensureemploymentstability,andstrengthenco-operationinenergyconservationandemissions'reduction,environmentalprotectionanddevelopmentofnewenergytechnologiestonurturegrowthpointsfortheworldeconomy.
Theinternationalcommunityshouldrecognisethatthetrendtowardseconomicglobalisationisirreversibleandshouldtakecrediblestepstorejectallformsoftradeandinvestmentprotectionism.
Itshouldalsopressaheadwiththereformoftheinternationalfinancialsystem,withthefocusonreadjustingthegovernancestructureofinternationalfinancialinstitutionsandincreasingtherepresentationandvoiceofdevelopingcountries.Thesummitshouldsetacleargoal,timetableandroad-mapforsuchreform.Prudentregulationofallfinancialmarketsandinstitutionsinvolvedshouldbetightenedandregulatoryco-ordinationandco-operationatboththeregionalandinternationallevelsshouldbeincreasedtopreventacrisisofthiskindfromhappeningagain.
OnincreasingfinancialresourcesfortheInternationalMonetaryFund(IMF),anissuethathasdrawnwidespreadattention,weareofthefollowingviews:ChinasupportsincreasingIMFresourcesonthebasisofensuringsafetyandreasonablereturns.Chinaisreadytoplayanactivepartinexploringwaystoraiseresourcesandwillcontributetothiseffortwithinitsability.WeholdthattheIMFshouldmobiliseresourcesthroughthequota-basedsystemaswellasvoluntarycontributions,strikingabalancebetweentherightsandobligationsofthecontributingcountries.
Thescaleofincreaseshouldbedeterminedinthelightofthevastdifferenceamongcountriesintermsofstageofdevelopment,percapitaGDP,thenature,compositionandbuild-upofforeignexchangereservesandthelevelofdependencyofacountry'seconomicsecurityonforeignexchangereserves.Itisneitherrealisticnorfairtosetthescaleofcontributionsimplybythesizeofforeignexchangereserves.
OnthewaystoincreaseIMFresources,toppriorityshouldbegiventoaquotaincrease.Ifthiscannotbedoneintheshortterm,contributionsshouldbedeterminedbythecurrentquotas.Ifquota-basedcontributionsfallshortofimmediateneeds,theIMFcanissuebonds,andChinawillbeabuyerofthebonds.Chinawillcarefullystudythe“newarrangementstoborrow”proposedbytheUnitedStates.BilateralborrowingarrangementsshouldbediscussedseparatelybetweenthecountriesconcernedandtheIMF,asmultilateralconferencesarenottherightplacetodiscussordecideuponsuchbilateralissues.Inshort,theincreaseofresourcesshouldbeachievedwithintheIMFframeworkandinflexibleanddifferentways.
Ontheuseoftheresources,theIMFmustenhancecapacity-building,reformgovernancestructureandensurethattheresourcesplayasignificantroleineasingtheinternationalfinancialcrisisandcounteringtheglobaleconomicdownturn.Theuseofresourcesshouldbesubjecttoscientificassessment,properplanningandrigorousoversighttoensurethatitisfair,just,transparentandeffective.Wehopethattheresourcesareusedmainlytohelpdevelopingcountriesseriouslyaffectedbythecrisis.
Wefirmlybelievethataslongastheinternationalcommunityworkstogether,wewillbeabletoprevailoverthisonce-in-a-centuryfinancialcrisisandembraceabetterfuture.