经中国证监会批准,棉花期货将于2004　年6　月1　日上市交易。这样郑州商品交易所将成为继美国纽约期货交易所之后全球第二个棉花期货交易所。提高中国纺织业全球影响力棉花是仅次于化纤的第二大纺织用纤维,随着石油资源的日渐枯竭,棉花的可再生性决定其将在世界纺织舞台上扮演 With the approval of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the cotton futures will be listed on June 1, 2004. In this way Zhengzhou Commodity Exchange will become the world’s second cotton futures exchange after the New York Futures Exchange. Improving the global influence of China’s textile industry Cotton is the second largest textile fiber after chemical fiber. With the depletion of petroleum resources, the renewability of cotton determines that it will play on the world textile stage.