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我是Christopher Fix，CME集团董事总经理兼亚太区负责人。
十分荣幸应上期所与能源中心之邀，为本次能源论坛致开幕词。
近几个月来，全球能源市场发生了众多变化。
受美国退出核协议后中东地区的紧张局势影响，原油价格持续上行。
而亚洲，特别是中国能源领域的发展，也一直备受世界的瞩目。
尤其是3月份上海原油期货的推出，在市场与媒体间产生了广泛的讨论。
上海原油期货的上市对于市场来说是健康与积极的，它将与WTI、DME阿曼以及布伦特等原油基准价格一道，为能源交易商和套期保值者提供新的机会。
今天的论坛，我们将会看到不同的市场参与主体参与到讨论中来。我坚信这样的参与有利于提高其对市场与产品的认知，并进一步推动能源衍生品市场的发展。
如今，在全球层面上，中国的经济表现比以往任何时候都更加重要。作为一系列大宗商品的世界最大消费国，中国已经发展成为众多大宗商品的定价者，而非被动接受价格，并且在市场的价格发现中扮演着愈加重要的角色。
中国大宗商品交易的强势反映了其全球领先的原材料消费者地位，也因此推动了新的对冲产品的推出，这其中包括去年上市的国内首个商品期权。
中国也将继续成为亚太地区的主要增长动力。随着机构的快速扩张，与全球的进一步接轨，加之自身风险敞口的扩大，其对于套期保值的需求也就随之增加。在2007至2017 年的短短十年间，中国的财富500强企业数量增加了四倍，从22个增加到107个，仅次于美国排名世界第二。
我们都在见证中国市场发展中激动人心的时刻。
在中国继续实现长期增长的同时，随着其进一步的开放，与全球大宗商品和能源市场关联性的增强，我相信对衍生品市场的兴趣也会随之提高。
我谨再次代表CME集团，感谢您邀请我参加今天的论坛，并期待着在这一过程中与您的交流。
衷心祝愿本次论坛圆满成功。
谢谢。
译文：
Good afternoon,
Mr Jiang Yan, Chairman of Shanghai Futures Exchange;
Mr Teng Jiawei, Executive Vice President, Shanghai Futures Exchange;
Esteemed guests;
Ladies and gentlemen.
My name is Christopher Fix, and I am the Managing Director and Head of Asia Pacific, for CME Group.
It is my pleasure to be here, delivering the opening remarks at today’s Energy Forum at the invitation of the SHFE and INE.
There have been a lot of developments affecting the global energy markets in recent months.
Oil prices have been trending higher, in part due to the simmering tension in the Middle East in the aftermath of the US withdrawal from the nuclear agreement.
Closer to home, developments in the Asian energy space, specifically in China, have also been dominating headlines.
The launch of the Shanghai crude oil futures in March, in particular, has created a lot of buzz for the markets, and in the media.
This listing is a healthy and positive development for the marketplace because it will provide different opportunities for energy traders and hedgers, joining other crude oil benchmarks such as West Texas Intermediate, the Dubai Mercantile Exchange’s Oman, as well as Brent.
Today’s forum will see participants from various market constituents, engaging in robust discussions. I have no doubts that such engagements will create greater awareness of markets and products, and further drive the development of the energy derivatives markets.
China’s economic performance is now more important globally than ever. As one of the world’s largest consumers of a range of commodities, China has developed into being a price-maker rather than a price-taker for many commodity products and it is now playing a greater hand in the price discovery role of a market-place.
The strength of commodities trading in China, reflecting a position globally as the leading consumer of raw materials, has led to the launch of new hedging products, including the country’s first listed commodity options last year.
China will also continue to be a key growth driver in Asia Pacific. With its rapidly expanding institutions, there will be a need for more hedging, given the increase in the overall global exposure and risk of these Chinese institutions. In just ten years from 2007 to 2017, China has increased the number of Fortune 500 companies by four-fold, from 22 to 107, and ranks just behind the US.
We are all witnessing an exciting time in the development of China’s markets.
As we continue to work towards China’s long-term growth, and as China further liberalizes, I am sure that there will continue to be greater interest in its derivatives markets, and as China continues to become more and more relevant to the global commodities and energy markets.
Once again, on behalf of CME Group, thank you for inviting me here to today’s forum, and I look forward to catching up with you over the course of the day.
I sincerely wish you all a very successful forum ahead.
Thank you.
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