China Securities Regulatory Commission is a ministerial-level institution directly under the State Council. According to laws and regulations and the authorization of the State Council, it uniformly supervises and manages the national securities and futures market, maintains the order of the securities and futures market, and ensures its legal operation.

The State Council stipulated in the Regulations on the Administration of Futures Trading that "China Securities Regulatory Commission shall exercise centralized and unified supervision and management over the futures market". There is a special futures supervision department within the CSRC, which is the functional department of China Securities Regulatory Commission to supervise and manage the futures market.