那个目标当然就是建立一个亚洲货币基金，在该地区取代国际货币基金组织（IMF）的作用 — — 1997~1998年金融危机期间IMF应对不力，令该地区的许多国家至今难以释怀。
That purpose, of course, is to create an Asian Monetary Fund, i.e., a regional alternative to the International Monetary Fund, whose tender ministrations during the 1997-98 financial crisis have not been forgotten or forgiven.