The report sums up the development of the global and China's futures industries in 2004. Through accurate data and full elaboration, it describes the structure of China's futures industry and competition situation in the industry from various angles. Meanwhile, it presents assessment of major enterprises' business strategy and competitiveness.

The report especially points out the impetuses of China's futures industry, arguing that it will achieve prosperity, with trading volume and industry size growing steadily, on the basis of analysis of technical, capital, policy, human resources and social factors. Many problems surfaced in the development course of China's futures industry. The report takes a look at the size, structure and characteristics of the industry. Among market segment, the agricultural product futures market has the longest history; thus, it is quite stable and mature. The nonferrous metal futures market holds immense development potential and broad prospects. Now, China has become one of the three leading international copper futures trading centers. In the next few years, in terms of economic security, the petroleum and fuel oil futures market will see breakthrough growth. Market demand gives a push to the development of the industry. China will increasingly rely on foreign energy products, and thus the energy futures will witness rapid growth in the future.

After analyzing major factors affecting the development of China's futures from 2005-2009, the report presents qualitative and quantitative forecast of the industry. Finally, it provides development strategy and recommendations for the government, enterprises and investors respectively.

2 Overview of China's Futures Industry in 2004
2.1 Development Environment    
2.2 Present Situation and Characteristics      
2.3 Market Segments  

3 Competition Situation and Competition Behavior in China's Futures Industry in 2004
3.1 Competition Situation    
3.2 Competition Behavior  

4 Assessment of the Competitiveness of Major Enterprises in China's Futures Industry in 2004
4.1 Assessment Indicators    
4.2 Assessment of Major Enterprises Competitiveness  

5 Analysis of Impetuses for China's Futures Industry from 2005 to 2009 
5.1 Technology    
5.2 Capital    
5.3 Policy    
5.4 Human Resources    
5.5 Form of Futures  

6 Development Trend of China's Futures Industry from 2005 to 2009 
6.1 The trend of market interconnectivity and IT application becomes evident    
6.2 With the introduction of financial engineering, the industry evolves in the direction of comprehensive portfolio     
6.3 Marketing institutions are diversifying      
6.4 Futures companies pursue professional large-scale operation, with advanced management philosophy  

7 Forecast of China's Futures Industry from 2005 to 2009
7.1 Analysis of Factors Affecting the Development of the Industry    
7.2 Forecast of Development Model    
7.3 Forecast of Development Strategy  

8 Analysis of Investment Opportunities in China's Futures Industry from 2005 to 2009 

9 Recommendations
9.1 Recommendations for the Government       
9.2 Recommendations for Enterprises       
9.3 Recommendations for Investors