On July 5, Beijing time, a meeting on the future blueprint of the National Football Association (NFA) Football Operations League kicked off at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Pudong, Shanghai. The core topics of this preparatory meeting included briefing on the blueprint for the development of the league, electing representatives of the preparatory team, and finalizing the specific arrangements for the subsequent fixtures of the league and the AFC Cup.
It is reported that the meeting formally announced the new name of the operational league - China Operational Football Salon Federation, referred to as "CFL", the English name "Chinese Football League Chinese Football League", abbreviated as "CFL". The photos exposed at the scene show that the preparatory group of CFL has been formally established, with Shi Qiang as the head of the group and Liu Jun as the deputy head. In addition, the CFL has also set up a temporary party branch, Chen Xuyuan as branch secretary, Liu Jie as executive deputy secretary, Shi Qiang also served as deputy secretary.
At the meeting, the nature of "CFL" was also clarified, which is a national, professional and non-profit social organization voluntarily formed by all levels of professional soccer salons in the People's Republic of China. The meeting further clarified that the future CFF will act as an independent legal person responsible for arranging and managing the professional leagues and rationally constructing the Chinese Super League, Chinese League A, and Chinese League B. The CFF will be responsible for organizing and managing the professional leagues.
Shi Qiang worked in the General Office of the State General Administration of Sport and was involved in important coordination work as a member of the working group during the 2004 Asian Cup. During Lippi's time in charge of the national team, Shi Qiang was a key member of the working group preparing for the 2022 FIFA World Cup.In 2019, he was involved in the preparations for the 2021 Club World Cup and the 2023 Asian Cup as secretary general of the preparatory office and in October 2020 as secretary general of the 2023 Asian Cup Organizing Committee. Liu Jun was the general manager of Jiangsu Suning FC before moving to work for the league as one of its key leaders at the tournament level.
