The CSI 300 Index is one of the indexes that domestic funds choose most as performance benchmarks and involves the largest asset scale: According to Wind statistics, as of February 5, 2012*** there were 21 stocks with the CSI 300 index Index funds as benchmarks have a total scale of nearly 100 billion yuan. Overseas, the CSI 300 Index is also one of the A-share indexes most tracked by overseas asset management companies and involving the largest asset scale. According to Bloomberg statistics, as of February 5, 2012, there were 10 overseas A-share indexes tracking the CSI 300. The total scale of fund products is close to US$2 billion, and there are two more products to be launched.

In the United States, the index with a similar market status to the CSI 300 Index is the S&P 500 Index. There are as many as 16 types of financial derivatives (including futures, options, etc.) linked to the S&P 500 Index. kind. In China, the CSI 300 Index is currently the only stock index futures target in the market. In the future, it is expected that more financial derivatives in the Chinese market will be linked to the CSI 300 Index.

The SPDR® S&P 500® (SPY) ETF, which tracks the S&P 500, is currently the largest index ETF in the U.S. fund market. Its latest asset size is nearly US$100 billion, equivalent to the S&P 500 0.81% of the index's market capitalization; as of January 31, 2012, SPY's average daily trading volume in the past six months was 250 million shares, accounting for approximately 17.2% of all ETF trading volumes in the US market.