The 9 working groups set up by the Football Association's Referee Committee have their own professional roles Sun Baojie served as the director

On the afternoon of February 9, the Chinese Football Association officially announced through the official announcement that the 11th Referee Committee of the Association had set up 9 working groups, with the intention of cultivating a team of referees with clean style and exquisite skills. The first meeting of the 11th Referee Committee held on January 20 this year deliberated and adopted the newly revised "Work Specifications of the Referee Committee of the Chinese Football Association", "Measures for the Administration of Referees of the Chinese Football Association", "Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Referees of the Chinese Football Association" and other rules and regulations related to the management of referees. It is understood that the content of this meeting is more pragmatic, marking that including the "professional league referee assignment, management and supervision", all the work involving the referee management content of the Chinese Football Association will be implemented under the leadership of the Chinese Football Association Referee Committee. Like FIFA, the Chinese Football Association will give full play to the professional role of the special committee in improving the refereeing work.

Sun Baojie

It is understood that the first meeting of the 11th Committee of the Chinese Football Association was held on January 20. Affected by the epidemic, the conference was conducted in combination with online and offline methods, of which the offline venue was arranged at the office of the Chinese Football Association in Beijing. Non-Representatives in Beijing attended the meeting via remote video. The meeting confirmed that Sun Baojie, the former international referee, served as the director of the 11th referee committee of the association, Yang Zhiqiang served as the deputy director, and Tao Rancheng, Tan Hai, Hu Jianhong, Niu Huijun, Yao Qing, Liu Qingwei, Zhao Liang, Su Jige, and Geng Zhiwei served as members. Liu Tiejun, director of the Referee Department of the Chinese Football Association, serves as executive secretary. Judging from the specific personnel situation, most of the members of the committee are representatives of outstanding referees who have been men and women, and are real business backbones and professionals.

The most important agenda item of this meeting is the official launch of the 9 special working groups of the Chinese Football Association's Referee Committee. These 9 working groups correspond to 9 specific work contents such as "evaluation, training, selection, supervision and evaluation, women's football referee work, rules and regulations, scientific research and information, futsal and beach football refereeing, VAR work, and member associations". Chen Yongliang, executive deputy secretary general in charge of refereeing work of the Chinese Football Association, said at the meeting, "I hope that the members of each group will conscientiously perform their duties, promote the work according to the tasks of their respective groups, and come up with practical measures to solve the problems in order to complete the goals of the term of office." Although the refereeing work still has a long way to go, in order to achieve the goal of the cause, we must unswervingly take a step forward. ”

An industry insider analyzed that the convening of this meeting sent an obvious signal, that is, the next Chinese Football Association or domestic football referee management work will be unified under the rule of the Chinese Football Association Referee Committee, from the preparation of various work, to the implementation, to the management and supervision, the Committee will give full play to its professionalism and the authority of the management of referee work.

It is worth noting that among the 9 working groups of the Chinese Football Association's Referee Committee, there are selected working groups and review working groups. This means that the selection and evaluation of referees for all events and sequences of men's and women's football competitions sponsored by the Chinese Football Association, including the Chinese Super League, China First Division, China Second Division and THE FA Cup, will be led by the Referee Committee of the Chinese Football Association, rather than being implemented separately in each competition category (project) as in the past. The Referee Department of the Chinese Football Association will serve as the specific executor of various referee work.

At the meeting on January 20, the 11th Chinese Football Association Referee Committee clearly pointed out that the new Referee Committee will focus on cultivating a referee team that is loyal to the party's sports cause, serves the construction of a sports power, has a clean and upright atmosphere, and has exquisite skills; strengthens the supervision, assessment and evaluation of referees; strengthens the construction of referee management rules and regulations, and improves the implementation of the system; makes the appointment of referees more open and transparent; and establishes a database of referees to provide a scientific basis for sustainable development.

Text/Beiqing Sports Xiao Zhao