CFFEX: Steadily advancing preparations for pilot of RMB foreign exchange futures

On October 15, He Qingwen, Party Secretary and Chairman of CFFEX, stated at the '2026 Shanghai Derivatives Market Forum' that CFFEX is steadily promoting expanded opening up, providing diversified risk management tools for overseas investors, and continuously enhancing the attractiveness of Chinese assets. In April this year, Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (QFII) participation in treasury bond futures trading officially launched; currently, 39 QFIIs have filed to include treasury bond futures in their investment portfolios, while 11 QFIIs have been approved for treasury bond futures hedging quotas, facilitating more international allocation funds entering China's bond market. Currently, in accordance with the unified deployment of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, CFFEX is steadily advancing preparations for the pilot of RMB foreign exchange futures to ensure a smooth launch of the pilot. (Securities Times)