Illegal. The immediate family members of futures practitioners may not open futures accounts. The new Securities Law stipulates that no unit or individual may, in violation of regulations, lend their own securities accounts or borrow other people's securities accounts to engage in securities trading. Those who lend their own securities accounts or borrow other people's securities accounts to engage in securities trading shall be ordered to make corrections, given a warning and may be fined up to 500,000 yuan.