The latest news, the official website of the State General Administration of Sports released on the 24th, the State General Administration of Sports, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Finance and China's soccer association signed a blueprint for the transformation and development of women's soccer in China (2022-2035) (hereinafter referred to as the blueprint). The blueprint plans three stages of development by 2025, 2030 and 2035, and includes actively bidding for the 2031 Women's World Cup as one of the goals of the third stage.
The blueprint is divided into three core parts: "General Requirements", "Main Tasks" and "Guarantee Measures". The blueprint proposes that by 2025, the environment and atmosphere for the development of women's football should be optimized, and a solid foundation for the development of women's football should be laid. The body-education integration youth training system of women's soccer will be constructed initially, and the body-education integration women's soccer youth training centers jointly built by CFA and local communities will reach 30; the women's soccer league system will be gradually improved, and the number of teams participating in the three-level league of Women's Super League, Women's A League, and Women's B League will reach 50; and the women's national team will strive to achieve the top eight places in the Women's World Cup in 2023 and the Olympic Games in 2024.
Looking ahead to 2030, China's women's soccer will return to the ranks of the world's top teams. The women's soccer league organization and competition level will reach the first-class level in Asia; the women's soccer youth soccer population will grow significantly, the training level and competitive performance will improve significantly, and the women's youth national team will strive to enter the top four of the World Cup; the women's national team will strive to achieve the top four places in the Women's Football World Cup in 2027 and the Olympic Games in 2028.
By 2035, women's soccer in China will have achieved comprehensive development. The number of women's soccer participants and the degree of socialization will have increased significantly, and soccer will have become a sport in which women generally participate; the organization of women's soccer leagues and the level of competition will have reached the world's first-class level; and the country will actively bid to host the 2031 Women's World Cup, striving to achieve a top-three finish in the 2031 Women's World Cup and before the 2032 Olympic Games.
The "major tasks" of the blueprint include "establishing a perfect organization and management system", "strengthening the construction and management of the women's national team", "perfecting the women's The "major tasks" include "establishing a perfect organization and management system", "strengthening the construction and management of the women's national team", "perfecting the women's competition system", "vigorously developing women's youth training", "promoting the development of women's soccer in schools", and "speeding up the construction of women's coaching team", "popularization and development of social soccer" and other seven sections.
In particular, in the section of "Improving the Women's Match System", it is proposed to implement the development mode of "men's football with women's football" for Chinese Super League clubs, and explore the establishment of women's soccer clubs as one of the entry conditions for Chinese Super League clubs, and include it in the standardized construction of Chinese Super League clubs. It also proposes to explore the establishment of women's football clubs as one of the entry requirements for Chinese Super League clubs, and include it as an important evaluation index for the standardized construction of Chinese Super League clubs, so as to promote the professionalization process of women's soccer; study the diversification of the equity of women's soccer clubs; formulate the specifications for the introduction of talents and salary management of women's soccer clubs, and implement the policies of women's soccer clubs such as the input cap and salary cap from 2023 onwards, so as to achieve the balance of the clubs' financial revenue and expenditure and the healthy sustainable development.
