Futures brokerage business refers to the business that a futures company accepts the entrustment of customers other than the following units and individuals to conduct futures trading for them and collect commissions (handling fees): (1) State organs and institutions; (two) China Securities Regulatory Commission and its dispatched offices, futures exchanges, futures margin security depository monitoring institutions, China Futures Association staff and their spouses; (3) the staff of the futures company and their spouses; (four) units and individuals that cannot provide proof of account opening; (five) other units and individuals that are not engaged in futures trading as stipulated by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Domestic futures brokerage business is the basic business of futures companies. Futures companies can only apply for other futures business after they have obtained domestic futures brokerage business.

Examination of test sites: Chapter III Section 4 Futures Brokerage Business and Its Supervision