Are you a resident of China? If you open an account directly in a futures company, you can buy and sell futures contracts in Dalian, Zhengzhou and Shanghai.

But you don't sound like a mainland resident. If you are a foreign individual resident, you can't invest in China mainland futures.

You can open an account with a citizen of China in China and use his account to buy and sell futures.

China mainland futures are a little different from stocks. T+0 trading mode, which can open and close positions at any time. Only unilateral fees are charged for closing positions on the same day, and bilateral fees can be charged for holding positions overnight. You can go long, you can go short, and you can make a profit by going up and down. A-shares in China stock market can only be profitable if they are long, instead of short selling, and both retail investors and main players lose money. China futures market also has restrictions on the fluctuation range and upper limit of contracts held by major participants to prevent large investors from manipulating the market artificially.

The upcoming stock index futures also have a price melting point starting mechanism, which not only ensures that the price has a reasonable fluctuation space, but also does not cause severe fluctuations to adversely affect the market.