China, whose government Mundell long advised, seemed to take this notion to heart, prodding the International Monetary Fund for years to add the renminbi to the basket of currencies that determine the value of the IMF’s reserve asset, the Special Drawing Right (SDR). And now the IMF has decided to do just that, in what amounts to a huge vote of confidence in China’s capacity to play a major role in international finance.
伦敦—诺贝尔经济学奖获得者罗伯特·蒙代尔（Robert Mundell）曾说，“大国有大货币”。长期向蒙代尔取经的中国政府似乎深谙这一概念，多年来一直要求国际货币基金组织（IMF）将人民币加入决定其储备资产特别提款权（SDR）价值的货币篮子中。如今，中国得偿所愿，这是对中国在国际金融中扮演主要角色能力的信心的巨大一票。