The anti-corruption in Chinese football in 2023 has been going on for almost 5 months, I believe that during this period, any official working in the Chinese Football Association and even the General Administration of Sports is like pins and needles, and most of them have been assisted in the investigation, so after the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection officially announced on March 28 to personally investigate the General Administration of Sports, on April 8, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced the specific content of the latest anti-corruption work conference for the past ten days
So in the meeting, not only the mobile inspection team once again emphasized the in-depth investigation of corruption and other problems in the field of Chinese football, but also specially notified ten officials who have been taken away for investigation and are suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, including Hu Guangyu, deputy director of the Political and Legal Department of the General Administration of Sports, Liu Aijie, former chairman of the China Rowing and Canoe Association, Chen Jiayuan, president of the Chinese Football Association, Yu Hongchen, former vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Li Tie, former head coach of the Chinese men's football team, and others, but this anti-corruption meeting is different from the past. At the meeting, six officials who stood up to tremendous pressure and steadfastly fought against unhealthy tendencies were also specially commended
So although the names of these 6 people have not been announced, from the recent indications, one of them is very likely to be Gao Hongbo, in the case of the Chinese Football Association almost encountered a "pot end", all the senior officials of the Football Association left only two vice presidents of the Football Association were not taken away for investigation, namely Chinese women's football star Sun Wen and former national football coach Gao Hongbo
Gao Hongbo, in particular, was appointed by Li Yingchuan, deputy director of the General Administration of Sports, to a new position on April 7 to be in charge of refereeing and competition departments, and the person in charge of this function was Huang Song, the former head of the Football Association's competition department, who was investigated on March 24 for suspected serious violations of discipline and law
However, as with this round of anti-corruption process, after this anti-corruption meeting, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection still took away a senior official for investigation after the meeting, according to Liu Kai, a former Chinese football player and now a well-known media person, claimed on social media that more than 30 of the hundreds of people who participated in the anti-corruption meeting this time, including Chen Yingbiao, the chairman of the Chinese Rugby Association, took some officials to the office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on the fifth floor of the General Administration of Sports, including Chen Yingbiao, president of the Chinese Rugby Association
In addition to the president of the Chinese Rugby Association, Chen Yingbiao is also the director of the National Olympic Sports Center in charge of the Olympic Games, and what is more interesting is that in this anti-corruption meeting, it was specifically emphasized to seriously investigate and deal with the problem of preparing funds for the Olympic Games, and Chen Yingbiao was taken away for investigation, which is most likely related to this
And after that, Liu Kai also specially wrote an article to tell the ins and outs of Chen Yingbiao was taken away for investigation, Liu Kai claimed that Chen Yingbiao was taken to the office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection after the meeting, in fact, to give him a chance to confess, and Chen Yingbiao, as the director of the National Olympic Sports Center, is very likely to be the problem of illegal use of double Olympic preparation funds, especially the 2024 Paris Olympic Games, a few days ago a well-known domestic social reporter Fu Zhenghao claimed that the Olympic preparation funds for the Paris Olympics have been overdrawn a lot, It has already seriously affected the preparation for the Paris Olympic Games, and the amount of funds for Olympic preparation is not a small amount
So because the Olympic preparation funds were taken away for investigation, Chen Yingbiao is not the first, the last one who was taken away for investigation was Liu Aijie, former chairman of the China Rowing Association and the China Canoe Association, and he is the same as Chen Yingbiao, Liu Aijie also has an important position: the former deputy director of the Olympic Preparation Office
On April 5, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported that Liu Aijie was under examination on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law, and that he was taken away with his wife, 47-year-old famous Chinese rower Zhang Xiuyun, who is now also the head coach of the Chinese rowing national team, so the main reason for the investigation of Liu Aijie and his wife Zhang Xiuyun was the "corruption of Olympic preparation funds" mentioned at the anti-corruption conference
Then with Chen Yingbiao being taken away for investigation, it can now be clearly seen that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection's anti-corruption this time is actually three main lines, the first is for the Chinese Football Association, with Li Tie as the breakthrough, Chen Jiayuan as the key point of the anti-corruption investigation, the second is for the General Administration of Sports, this line Chen Jiayuan is the breakthrough, thus successively fell Yu Hongchen, Wang Dengfeng and the deputy director of the General Administration of Sports Du Zhaocai, who is about to retire, now it seems that the third line is more important, directly aimed at the corruption of Olympic preparation funds, So what will be the final outcome of Chen Yingbiao, we wait for the official announcement!