The qualification examination for futures practitioners is relatively difficult, and the qualification examination for futures practitioners needs to pass the examination. The qualification examination for futures practitioners is a national entrance examination. According to the Measures for the Administration of Futures Practitioners, China Futures Association is responsible for organizing the qualification examination.

The first futures qualification examination will be held in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Wuhan on April 19/20, and candidates are now accepting applications. It is reported that the qualification examination for futures practitioners will be held five times in 2008, including the basic knowledge of futures and futures laws and regulations, and new contents such as the Regulations on the Administration of Futures Trading and the Trial Measures for Financial Futures Settlement Business of Futures Companies, which were implemented in 2007, will also be included.

Where the examination results of "Basic Knowledge of Futures" and "Futures Laws and Regulations" are valid in the current year and the next two years, and all the examination results of the two subjects are qualified within the validity period of the examination results of a single subject, they will pass the qualification examination.