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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.
国际货币基金组织总裁克里斯蒂娜·拉加德日前称，如果中国和其他主要新兴市场的增长趋势保持不变，该趋势也体现在IMF的投票份额结构里，IMF总部或将在十年内迁至北京。
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.
拉加德在华盛顿的全球发展中心举办的一场活动上称，IMF总部搬迁是“可能的”，因为随着主要新兴市场的经济壮大，影响力扩大，IMF需要提高其代表性。
"Which might very well mean, that if we have this conversation in 10 years' time...we might not be sitting in Washington, D.C. We'll do it in our Beijing head office," Lagarde said.
拉加德说：“也就是说，如果我们是在10年后进行今天的讨论，那我们有可能是坐在北京总部办公室里，而非现在的华盛顿特区。”
She added that the IMF's bylaws call for the institution's head office to be located in the largest member economy.
她补充道，根据IMF的规章制度，该机构的总部办公室应设在成员中最大的经济体。
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成立以来，美国一直是成员中最大的经济体。美国目前在IMF董事会投票份额中占16.5%，在决策中享有有效否决权。
The IMF last revised its voting structure in 2010, but is set to launch another review next year.
IMF上一次调整投票份额结构是在2010年，明年将启动新一轮调整。
