Let's divide the exchanges into several categories first.

1. stock exchange: it is the place and facilities for securities trading; To formulate the business rules of the stock exchange; Accepting listing applications and arranging the listing of securities; Organizing and supervising securities trading; Supervise members and listed companies; Manage and publish market information.

There are only two stock exchanges in China: 1, Shanghai Stock Exchange 2 and Shenzhen Stock Exchange.

Note: Stock is a kind of securities, so it is traded in the stock exchange.

2. Commodity exchange: also known as commodity futures trading market, is an organized commodity market. Merchants are self-disciplined legal persons who provide places, facilities and related services for centralized bidding transactions of spot and futures contracts of bulk commodities, and are not for profit. It is a very important commodity in most economies. Trading in a commodity exchange can usually only be carried out at a specific time and place through specific personnel. Specific personnel mainly refer to exchange members.

This category is divided into many large futures exchanges, including three: Shanghai Futures Exchange, Zhengzhou Futures Exchange and Dalian Commodity Exchange.

There are also many local spot commodity exchanges, Shanghai Agricultural Products Exchange, XX Coal Exchange, and so on.

3. Financial Futures Exchange: China Financial Futures Exchange, which deals in futures products related to financial products. The address is in Shanghai.

4. Gold Exchange: There is only one "Shanghai Gold Exchange" in China.

Shanghai Gold Exchange is a legal person approved by the State Council, established by the People's Bank of China and registered with the State Administration for Industry and Commerce. Not for profit, self-discipline management. Organize the trading of precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum in accordance with the principles of openness, fairness, justice and good faith.

The Exchange adopts the form of membership organization, and its members are composed of financial institutions registered in People's Republic of China (PRC) (China) and engaged in gold business, enterprise legal persons engaged in the production, smelting, processing, wholesale, import and export trade of precious metals such as gold, silver and platinum, and units with good credit standing.

5. Local provincial and municipal property rights exchanges: refers to the sum of places, fields and exchange relationships for property rights exchange. It is also a special economic relationship formed in the process of economic system reform and economic development around the trading behavior of property rights, a special commodity. Property rights exchange is one of the characteristics of China.

That's basically it.