On July 3^rd 2019, International Conference on Derivatives Market and Risk Management was held successfully in Tongji SEM. The conference was jointly hosted by Tongji University, JP Morgan Chase Commodity Research Center of University of Colorado (Denver) and the World Bank. It is sponsored by Tongji SEM and Shanghai Futures Research Institute, and co-sponsored by Shanghai Futures Association, the Hedge Alliance Network, Cool Finance and Direct Access. More than 200 participants from financial industry, entity companies and universities attended the conference.

The theme of the conference was “Opening and Development of China’s Derivatives Market under the Background of Restructuring the Global Industrial Chain”. It covered the experiences and lessons of the internationalization of overseas derivatives markets, the future development trend of commodity markets, and the internationalization of China’s derivatives markets.

In recent years, Tongji SEM is committed to the cooperation of Industry, University and Research in the field of derivatives market by undertaking a number of research projects at national, provincial and ministerial level as well as industry associations, enterprises and other institutions.

More than 300 derivatives professionals have graduated from Tongji SEM’s “Futures MBA” programs. SEM cooperates closely with Dalian Commodity Exchange and Shanghai Futures Association to help promote the development of derivatives market and to serve the real economy better.