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2011年08月29日 06:23 AM China steps up march of currency reforms 作者：英国《金融时报》 罗伯特?库克森 Only a couple of months ago, Hong Kong bankers were worrying that the Chinese government may have developed second thoughts about its plan to transform the renminbi into an international currency. 就在几个月前，香港的银行家还在担心，中国政府可能对其把人民币变成国际性货币的计划开始有所犹豫。 The pace of reform had slowed, renminbi deposits were no longer accumulating rapidly in Hong Kong banks and there was growing evidence that cross-border trade in the renminbi was being hijacked by financial opportunists. 人民币改革的步伐有所放缓，香港银行里的人民币存款不再迅速增加，越来越多的证据显示，以人民币结算的跨境贸易正被那些金融投机分子“劫持”。 However, those concerns faded away over the past week. Speaking in Hong Kong last Wednesday, Li Keqiang, Chinese vice-premier, signaled that Beijing remained as determined to press ahead with the internationalization of the renminbi. 但在过去两周，这些担忧已逐渐消散。中国副总理李克强17日在香港发表讲话，表示北京方面推进人民币国际化进程的决心不变。 Mr Li, who is expected to become China’s premier in 2012, announced almost half a dozen reforms to increase the flow of renminbi in and out of the mainland and to enhance Hong Kong’s role as the offshore trading hub for the currency. 有望在2012年成为中国总理的李克强，宣布了六项改革措施，旨在加大人民币流入、流出中国内地的规模，并加强香港作为人民币离岸交易中心的地位。 While Mr Li was speaking, a helicopter buzzed over the city trailing a red banner advertising a Rmb20bn ($3.1bn) sale of Chinese government bonds, the biggest ever issue of offshore renminbi debt. 李克强发表讲话之时，一架直升机在香港上空打出了一幅红色条幅，为中国政府一笔200亿元人民币（合31亿美元）的国债发售做广告，这也是迄今最大的一笔离岸人民币债券发行。 “Confidence in the renminbi market received a very significant boost from the vice-premier’s speech,” says Kelvin Lau, an economist with Standard Chartered. “Since that speech, we’ve seen very responsive actions by the Chinese authorities.” “副总理的讲话极大地提振了人们对人民币市场的信心，”渣打银行(Standard Chartered)经济学家刘健恒(Kelvin Lau)表示。“讲话之后，我们已经看到中国当局采取了非常积极的行动。” Indeed, China’s Ministry of Commerce on Tuesday issued draft guidelines for a programme under which companies can make foreign direct investments into China using th