Beijing, 3 Mar (ZXS) -- Chinese officials announced on 29 March that Yu Hongchen, chairman of the Chinese Athletic Association, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently under examination and investigation by the discipline inspection and supervision team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission stationed in the State General Administration of Sport and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission. Dong Zheng, the former general manager of China Super League Co., Ltd., is suspected of serious violations of the law and is currently under supervision and investigation by the discipline inspection and supervision team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission of the State General Administration of Sport and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Commission.
It is worth noting that Yu Hongchen has worked in the State General Administration of Sports for a long time and has many years of football management experience. His connection with football management began in 2010. In February 2010, Yu Hongchen became the deputy director of the Football Sports Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports, in charge of the league work, and in the same year, he became the chairman of the Chinese Super League, and in February 2, Yu Hongchen was added as the vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association. At that time, the Chinese football world set off an unprecedented "anti-gambling and anti-gang" storm.
In August 2017, Yu Hongchen left the field of football management and served as the director and party secretary of the Athletics Management Center of the State General Administration of Sports. On January 8, 2023, the official website of the Chinese Athletic Association announced the list of the 1th Executive Committee, and the list showed that Yu Hongchen was the chairman.
According to public information, Dong Zheng, the former general manager of the Chinese Super League, was once engaged in translation work in the field of Chinese football, and he was regarded by the outside world as a young reserve force of the Chinese Football Association. In November 2020, after the end of the 11 Chinese Super League season, Dong Zheng said in an interview with Chinese state media that "the overall operation of the Chinese Super League has exceeded my expectations."
Recently, anti-corruption work in China's football field has continued to be carried out. On March 3, the official announcement was announced that Wang Xiaoping, director of the Disciplinary Committee of the Chinese Football Association, and Huang Song, director of the competition department, had been investigated.
Previously, since November 2022, Li Tie, former head coach of the Chinese men's national football team, Liu Yi, member of the 11th Executive Committee and former secretary general of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Yongliang, executive deputy secretary-general of the Chinese Football Association and director of the national team management department, and Chen Jiayuan, chairman and deputy secretary of the party committee of the Chinese Football Association, have also been investigated. Since Li Tie was investigated, 8 former and current high-level officials of the Chinese Football Association are under relevant investigation.
It is worth mentioning that on March 3, the first round of inspection targets of the 27th Central Committee announced that mobile inspections will be carried out by the party group of the State General Administration of Sports. According to official disclosures, the mobile inspection of the State General Administration of Sports should "deeply find and promote the solution of corruption and deep-seated institutional mechanisms in the sports field, especially in football, so as to provide a strong guarantee for building a strong sports country." (End)