Mr Zhou praised John Maynard Keynes's proposal in the 1940s for an international currency, the "Bancor", based on commodities.

周行长赞赏上世纪40年代凯恩斯提出的以商品为定价基础的国家货币——Bancor的设想。

This global bank would issue its own currency, called the bancor, in which all trade accounts would be settled. In the absence of such a bank the world will have to make do with the current system.

世界货币基金组织表示，这种货币必须由一个“和任何一个国家的经济问题都没有联系的”新国际货币机构发行。