After briefly introducing the background and process of idea about AMF, this paper analyzes the necessity of AMF from pressure of financial regionalization on Asia and lessons of the crisis of Southeast Asian finance.

• 本文在简单介绍“亚洲货币基金”的提出以及发展历程之后，从两个方面分析了建立“亚洲货币基金”的必要性：一是金融区域化给亚洲带来的压力，二是金融危机的教训与新一轮危机的可能存在。