At present, there are four futures exchanges in China: Shanghai Futures Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange and China Financial Futures Exchange.

A brief introduction is as follows:

The commodities listed and traded in Shanghai Futures Exchange include ten futures contracts such as gold, silver, copper, aluminum, zinc, lead, rebar, fuel oil, natural rubber and wire rod.

Dalian Commodity Exchange This is the largest agricultural futures exchange in China and the second largest soybean futures market in the world. The varieties traded are corn, soybean 1 and 2, soybean meal, soybean oil, palm oil, linear low density polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride and coke.

Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange is the first commodity futures trading market established in China. Futures contracts listed and traded include wheat, cotton, sugar, rapeseed oil, mung bean, early indica rice and PTA.

China Financial Futures Exchange was established in Shanghai on September 8, 2006. This is the first financial derivatives exchange established in China. The listed futures are stock index futures (CSI 300 stock index futures).