New season of Chinese Super League kicked off on March 1. Xu Jiren, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, said that in the new season, he will resolutely crack down on football corruption and fake gambling.
He said a referee promotion and relegation plan and the "blacklist" system will be implemented. New national football coach Ivankovic will start training in Shenzhen on March 11 to prepare the team for the preliminaries of the Asian World Cup on March 21 and 22.