大宗商品市場在全球經濟活動中的地位牽一髮而動全身，與實體經濟的關係愈來愈密切。從趨勢看，中國內地大宗商品和其衍生品市場在全球的影響力持續提升，其對外開放程度也穩步提高。
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本書是市場上第一本把大宗商品現貨與期貨市場融合分析，同時梳理全球與中國大宗商品市場發展脈絡、探討多渠道推進中國大宗商品市場開放的中、英雙語著作，由在相關領域具有豐富業務經驗的專業人士，圍繞三大主題：「全球大宗商品市場的格局」、「內地與香港大宗商品市場的演變」、「大宗商品現貨與期貨市場的互聯互通」作了深入分析，讓市場參與者對整個大宗商品市場的宏觀系統和金融生態圈獲得整體的認識，更好地促進大宗商品現貨與期貨交易良性互動，服務實體經濟。
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The commodities market is now so closely linked to the global economy that a small change in the former will trigger the butterfly effect on the latter. We can see a trend of continuous increase in the global influence of Mainland China’s commodities physical and derivative markets, and the increasing opening-up of the Mainland markets.?
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This book is the first bilingual title in the market that gives an integrated analysis of the commodities spot and futures market and the development of the global and Mainland commodities markets, and explores the multiple ways for advancing the opening-up of the Mainland commodities market. Experts who are experienced in these areas discuss in-depth on three key themes — the “global landscape of the commodities market”, “the Mainland and Hong Kong commodities markets” and “commodities spot and futures market connectivity”. This book depicts to market participants the big picture of the macro system and financial ecosystem of the entire commodities market, facilitating beneficial interactions between the commodities spot and futures markets to better serve the real economy.