Shanghai Futures Exchange, together with Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, and China Financial Futures Exchange, announce that under support of China Futures Market Monitoring Center and China Futures Association, the four exchanges will host the 12th SDMF in Shanghai, China, on May 28th and 29th. Theme for the 12th SDMF is Futures Markets’ Development and Cooperation under the Belt and Road Initiatives. This year’s SDMF is composed of a Plenary and 9 sub-forums, which are SDMF Crude Oil Forum, SDMF Nonferrous Metals Forum, SDMF Natural Rubber Forum, SDMF Agricultural Products Forum, SDMF Industrial Products Forum, SDMF Thermal Coal & Methanol Forum, SDMF Textile & White Sugar Forum, SDMF Currency Derivatives Forum and SDMF Stock Index Derivatives Forum. In recent years, the Belt and Road Initiatives (BRI) pronounced by the Chinese Government with a view to strengthening regional cooperation and boosting regional economies, has attracted a wide international attention. Futures and derivatives market is closely integrated with the growth of the real economy. What will BRI bring to us? What shall we do for it? The 12th SDMF will widely invite thinkers and doers from the government, the industry as well as market representatives from the countries or regions along the Belt and Road, to express views and share thoughts and to map out for the prospective development and cooperation of the futures and derivatives market under the BRI. With the support from the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), Shanghai Municipal Government, relevant departments of the State Council as well as the domestic and overseas industry, the SDMF has been successfully held for 11 years. Aiming at enhancing the development and open-up of the futures market and serving the real economy, with the suitable theme and practical content each year, the forum has become one of the important events in the futures and derivatives industry. Last year, Shanghai Futures Exchange co-hosted 11th SDMF with China Financial Futures Exchange and won big applause in terms of rich topics and expansion of target attendants. To further improve the platform effect of the forum, promote China’s futures market and develop the forum to a representative event of the industry, on May 28th to 29th, 2015, Shanghai Futures Exchange, together with Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange, Dalian Commodity Exchange, and China Financial Futures Exchange, under support of China Futures Market Monitoring Center and China Futures Association, will host the 12th SDMF in Shanghai, China.

　　Appendix: Themes for the Previous Years
　　1st SDMF (year 2004): Global metals market and China factors
　　2nd SDMF (year 2005): Metals & Energy Markets: Stable Growth and Development
　　3rd SDMF (year 2006): Metals & Energy Markets: Financial Functions of Futures
　　4th SDMF (year 2007): Metals, Energy and Rubber: Economic Globalization and China’s Booming Futures Market
　　5th SDMF (year 2008): Economic Globalization and Functions of Derivatives Market
　　6th SDMF (year 2009): New challenges facing commodity futures markets: how it better functions for real economy after the financial storm
　　7th SDMF (year 2010): Global Economic Recovery and Commodity Futures Market
　　8th SDMF (year 2011): Futures Market in the Economic Recovery and Turbulence—Functions and Risk Management
　　9th SDMF (year 2012): Innovation and Service-Reform and Opening-up of the Chinese Futures Market
　　10th SDMF (year 2013): Futures Market’s Innovation and Transformation
　　11th SDMF (year 2014): Prospects and Pursuit of a Liberalized, Legally-governed and International Market