China News Service, Beijing, February 14 (Reporter Li He) According to news from the website of the Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision on the 14th, Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association and deputy secretary of the party committee, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law. The discipline inspection and supervision team of the General Administration of Sports and the Hubei Provincial Supervision Committee reviewed and investigated.

　　In May 2019, Chen Xuyuan was appointed as the head of the preparatory team for the re-election of the Chinese Football Association, and then he resigned from SIPG.

On August 22 of that year, the first meeting of the 11th General Assembly of the Chinese Football Association was held in Xianghe. According to the regulations of the meeting, Chen Xuyuan was elected chairman of the Chinese Football Association and became the sixth chairman of the Chinese Football Association in history.

He is the first full-time chairman of the Football Association and the first chairman of the association from a non-sports management system in history.

　　Before becoming the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan successively served as deputy secretary of the party committee, vice president of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd. and chairman of Shanghai Port Container Co., Ltd.; Chairman of the Port Container Co., Ltd.; Deputy Secretary, Director and President of the Party Committee of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd., Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd.

Data map: Chen Xuyuan spoke at the Shanghai SIPG Club meeting.

Image source: Osports All Sports Photo Agency

　　During his tenure at SIPG, he led SIPG to acquire the Shanghai East Asia Club. Since then, his name has been officially associated with professional football.

The Shanghai SIPG Club entered the Chinese Super League in the 2013 season and won the championship in 2018, becoming the seventh Chinese Super League champion team.

　　During Chen Xuyuan's tenure as the chairman of the Football Association, he presided over the introduction of a series of reform measures, including the establishment of professional leagues and the introduction of "salary limit orders".

　　At the beginning of his tenure, Chen Xuyuan repeatedly emphasized, "From the perspective of the Football Association itself, you must dare to take responsibility. Only when you dare to take responsibility can you truly achieve autonomy according to law." And made: "Consolidate the foundation of Chinese football development, be honest Act in accordance with the laws of football development."

The picture shows Chen Xuyuan Source: Chinese Football Association

　　However, in recent years, Chinese football has experienced a wave of wage arrears, withdrawal, and disbandment of domestic league clubs, and a decline in the ranking of the men's national team. involved.

　　On the website of the Football Association, the latest news about Chen Xuyuan was on February 9. The report read: "On the afternoon of February 8, Chen Xuyuan, chairman of the Chinese Football Association, sent a New Year's greeting to the Chinese National Men's Football Team in training camp in Haikou. Greetings and best wishes, and communicated with all members of the national team around the theme of building a national team capable of recruiting and fighting well, with a good style of work."

Screenshots of media reports

　　On the media side, the recent situation about Chen Xuyuan comes from a video of the "Sports Weekly" on February 1st about the report of the AFC general meeting.

According to a previous report by Sports Weekly, Chen Xuyuan, as the chairman of the Chinese Football Association, "goes to Bahrain to participate in the meeting as the head of the delegation, and will participate in voting on behalf of the Chinese Football Association and participate in voting on related issues."

　　To this day, Chen Xuyuan's name has appeared in media reports on a large scale.

　　Since the "anti-gambling and anti-crime" storm in Chinese football in 2010, the domestic football field seemed to be "clean" for a time.

However, as the tide of "Golden Dollar Football" ebbed, football's "fake gambling black" dross appeared, showing signs of resurgence.

The scene of the press conference.

Photo courtesy of the Chinese Football Association

　　Chen Xuyuan himself once said: "The current problem of sports style and discipline in the football industry has reached the point where it must be strictly grasped, rectified, and cleaned up."

　　But in the end, the problems in the football industry are not limited to the game style and discipline, and the objects that have been cleaned up and rectified include himself.

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