There are many kinds of markets, such as commodity market and factor market (commodity market can be divided into: consumer goods market and means of production market; Factor market can be divided into financial market, labor market, technology market, information market and real estate market. Buyer's market and seller's market; Spot market and futures market, etc.

The traditional narrow market refers to the commodity market (actually the consumer goods market), and the broad market refers to the market system, which is the first classification above.

Market is the carrier of commodity economy operation, the field of market subject activity and the object of national macro-control. All the functions of the market economy are realized through the market. The market has no administrative boundaries and national boundaries. Where there is a commodity economy, there is a market.