ZCE: Circular on Expanding the Investment Scope of Qualified Foreign Investors in Commodity Futures and Options

With the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), starting from March 4, 2025 (i.e. from the continuous trading session on March 3, 2025), Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange (ZCE) will expand the investment scope of Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors and RMB Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (hereinafter collectively referred to as Qualified Foreign Investors, QFIs) to include the following commodity futures and options:

1.Paraxylene, bottle-grade PET resin, manganese silicon, rapeseed meal, peanut kernel futures contracts;

2.Paraxylene, bottle-grade PET resin, manganese silicon, rapeseed meal, peanut kernel, polyester stable fiber options contracts.

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