As far as futures contracts are concerned, the delivery date refers to the date when the goods must be delivered.

The essence of buying and selling stock index futures is to sign a contract with others to buy and sell futures at the agreed price and quantity within the agreed time and delivery place of stock index futures.

Stock index futures, like commodity futures, each contract has a delivery date. On this day, all contracts are closed and settled. The delivery date of China's stock index futures is the third Friday of the contract delivery month.