時事新聞:中國率先購買500億美元IMF債券

【英文原文】

China Set To Buy $50 Billion In IMF Notes

China is, as expected, on track to become the first purchaser of notes issued by the International Monetary Fund, a move that would diversify its foreign asset holdings and could give the IMF's quasicurrency more clout.

The IMF on Wednesday said China has signed an agreement to purchase approximately $50 billion in notes from the fund. The notes are denominated in Special Drawing Rights, a quasicurrency issued by the fund and promoted by China as a potential replacement for the dollar as the world's reserve currency.

The agreement, announced in July, is the first of its kind for the fund and marks China's most visible step toward moving its investment focus away from the U.S. Treasurys market. It gives the IMF about a quarter of the $250 billion capital increase needed to fight the global financial crisis.

Countries including Brazil, Russia and India also have expressed interest in purchasing IMF notes, whose issuance is meant to bolster the fund's lending capacity and help fulfill a G-20 pledge to strengthen the Fund's own capital position.

A Treasury spokesman had no comment.

【中文譯文】

如市場所料，中國將成爲國際貨幣基金組織(IMF)所發行債券的首位購買者；中國此舉將推動其外匯資產多樣化，並可能有助於增強IMF準貨幣的影響力。

IMF週三表示，中國已經簽訂協議，從IMF購買大約500億美元的債券。這些債券是以IMF發行的準貨幣特別提款權(SDR)計價的，中國正力主將特別提款權作爲替代美元全球儲備貨幣地位的一個可能選擇。

這一協議是在7月份宣佈的，是IMF宣佈的首個此類協議，也是中國將投資重心從美國國債市場轉向其他領域的最明顯舉措。IMF目前需要增資2,500億美元，以應對全球金融危機。

巴西、俄羅斯、印度等國也表達了購買IMF債券的興趣。IMF發行票據意在增強該基金的借貸能力，協助實現二十國集團(G20)關於增強IMF資本實力的承諾。

美國財政部發言人沒有對此置評。