Network economy is a new economic form based on computer network (especially Internet) and centered on modern information technology. It not only refers to the rise and rapid growth of information technology industry with computer as the core, but also includes the rise and rapid development of the whole high-tech industry based on modern computer technology.

Finance refers to the issuance, circulation and withdrawal of money, the issuance and recovery of loans, the deposit and withdrawal, the exchange of foreign exchange and other economic activities. The essence of finance is value circulation. There are many kinds of financial products, including banks, securities, insurance, trusts and so on. Finance involves a wide range of academic fields, including accounting, finance, investment, banking, securities, insurance, trust and so on. Financial futures is a kind of futures trading. Futures trading refers to the trading of standardized futures contracts in a centralized trading market by open bidding. Futures contract is the object or subject matter of futures trading, which is uniformly formulated by the futures exchange and stipulates a standardized contract to deliver a certain quantity and quality of goods at a specific time and place. The basic tools of financial futures contracts are various financial instruments (or financial variables), such as foreign exchange, bonds, stocks and price indexes. In other words, financial futures are futures trading based on financial instruments (or financial variables).