China Focus: China launches crude oil futures trading

Li Qiang (L), Shanghai's Party chief, and Liu Shiyu, chairman of China Securities Regulatory Commission, hit the gong together to open the trading session of China's yuan-dominated crude oil futures contracts at the Shanghai International Energy Exchange in east China's Shanghai, March 26, 2018. China on Monday launched trading of yuan-denominated crude oil futures contracts at the Shanghai International Energy Exchange, the first futures contracts listed on China's mainland to overseas investors. (Xinhua/Fang Zhe)