股指期货业务经过17年的酝酿,终于在今年得到了国务院的原则同意试点。对中国的资本市场而言,这是个里程碑的时间。中国股市市场近20年来“只能做多不能做空”的“单边市”格局将宣布终结。本文将从股指期货和融资融券的市场出发,基于对股指期货特点和功能的了解,浅谈股指期货对我国资本市场的促进作用。 Stock index futures business after 17 years of deliberation, and finally got the consent of the State Council this year, the pilot program. This is a milestone for China’s capital markets. In the past 20 years in the Chinese stock market, the “unilateral” pattern of “only more can not be shorted” will be announced. This article will start from the stock index futures and margin trading market, based on the characteristics and functions of stock index futures, stock index futures on the promotion of China’s capital market.