Chinanews client, January 29, 29th, according to public information from the Beijing Equity Exchange, CITIC Group submitted an application for the transfer of property rights to transfer 36% of the shares of Beijing Zhonghe Guoan Football Club held at a reserve price of 1 yuan.
If the equity is successfully transferred, the name Beijing Guoan can be retained.
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At the end of last year, the Chinese Football Association introduced a neutralization policy for club names, stipulating that the names must not contain the names, trade names, or brand names of club shareholders, shareholder affiliates or actual controllers. The new club name should be healthy and civilized, reflecting regional traditional culture, Humanistic spirit, club concept.
Since CITIC Group is a shareholder of Beijing Zhonghe Guoan Football Club and holds 36% of the shares, the name of Beijing Guoan cannot be recognized as a neutral name.
If you want to keep the name of Guoan, the only solution is for CITIC to sell its shares.
At present, many Chinese Super League clubs have decided to change their names. Guangzhou Evergrande changed its name to Guangzhou Team, Guangzhou R&F changed its name to Guangzhou City, Tianjin Teda changed its name to Tianjin Jinmen Tiger, Shanghai SIPG changed its name to Shanghai Seaport, Shandong Luneng Taishan changed its name to Shandong Taishan, Qingdao Huanghai changed its name to Qingdao Team.
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