China Futures Practitioner Qualification Examination was successfully administered.

Release date: May 13th, 2014

Sponsored by China Futures Association and China Financial Futures Exchange and jointly hosted by ATA, the National Financial Futures and Derivatives Knowledge Contest for University Students took place recently. Since the official launch on April 8th, the contest has received over 30,000 applications from 730 universities across the country. The contest aimed to popularize the knowledge of financial futures and derivatives, promote the idea of avoiding risks and the subject building of financial derivatives education, and train talents for China financial futures market. The increasing salary of futures industry and the holding of this contest all contribute to the upsurge of learning futures knowledge in universities.

In the mean time, sponsored by China Futures Association (CFA), the second China Futures Practitioner Qualification Examination in 2014 was successfully administered by ATA in 36 cities across the country on May 10th. The exam covered basic futures knowledge, futures laws and regulations, and futures investment analysis. According to statistics, over 30% of the candidates were university students.

It is learned that many universities have opened courses on financial futures and derivatives. Apart from studying on their own or taking trainings to prepare for the China Futures Practitioner Qualification Examination, university students now can also take online courses as an alternative. The official online course (http://cfa.xueyanshe.com) provided by CFA is the most popular one among numerous courses. The professional course content, well-known expert instructors, and the learning and evaluation process combining learning and assessment allow students to learn more effectively and truly improve their competence. In addition, a learning application is also available on Android and iOS devices; and learning materials and consultation services are provided on WeChat and online, which enables flexible segmented learning for students to study anytime at anywhere.

In recent years, the futures industry has maintained a rapid development. The Several Opinions on Further Promoting the Healthy Development of the Capital Market, released by the State Council on May 9th, are called the new “Nine-point” Guidelines by the industry insiders. The Opinions are regarded as the general development guidelines of the capital market in China at a national level and specify the future development path of the capital market in China. The new “Nine-point” Guidelines particularly increase the portion of the development and building of the futures market and futures industry, and escalate the development of futures market to the national strategic level, which is ground-breaking and inspiring. The rapid development of the futures industry requires further regulation and improvement on the practitioner’s professional ethics and capabilities, as well as training and selecting a large quantity of backup talents. It can be expected that with the implementation of the policies, the organizations and companies involved in the futures market will have an urgent need of university graduates who are interested in the futures industry.

According to CFA’s schedule, the online registration for the third China Futures Practitioner Qualification Examination of 2014 will be available on May 20th. For registration or more information, please visit China Futures Association official website www.cfachina.org.


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