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CBOT Conducts Futures, Options Training Program In China

Date 26/03/2003

The Chicago Board of Trade and the Grain and Feed Trade Association (GAFTA) conducted a futures and options training program for a group of commercial grain users in Beijing, at the Novatel Xinqiao Hotel, March 18-19, 2003.

Shown in the photo below are the program participants and their instructors Richard Jelinek, Director of Marketing for the CBOT® Business Development Commodities Team, and Perry Iverson of Commodity & Ingredient Hedging.

David Lehman, Managing Director of the Commodities Team, and Jelinek also conducted trade calls while in China with U.S.-based commodity firms, China's state-owned and private commercial firms, and the Chinese Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC). Additionally, they were the first international visitors to the Dalian Commodity Exchange's Beijing office, which opened in early March.