Written by Qin Yun/Captain Q
Beijing time on April 12, last week, Chinese football ushered in a rare calm week - the Super Cup was successfully held, no executives fell off, and the Chinese Super League schedule was officially announced. It seems that the Chinese Football Association, which was previously riddled with holes, has returned to the right track of work.
In fact, last week was the first week that the Chinese Football Association's "caretaker cabinet" began functioning.
On April 6, the "Temporary Working Group" of the Chinese Football Association carried out a leadership division of labor, and Gao Hongbo, vice chairman of the Football Association, was in charge of the Ministry of State Management, the National Brand, the Competition Department and the referee; This part of the work was originally the responsibility of Chen Jiayuan, Huang Song and others, but due to the current special situation, Gao Hongbo needed to take on it for the time being.
In last week's Super Cup, Gao Hongbo also appeared on the scene to present awards to the championship-winning Wuhan Three Towns team. He has already begun to carry out his duties.
The much-watched preparatory group of the Chinese Football Federation and other work is responsible for Yan Zhanhe, secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission, and this part of the work, and the competition department under the charge of Gao Hongbo, have many places that need to be coordinated, and there will be a lot of intersection in the work of the two in the future.
Sun Wen, another vice chairman, is in charge of women's football, foreign affairs, international exchanges and other work, which was mainly done by Du Zhaocai before.
"Caretaker Cabinet"
On the morning of April 2, the day after the discipline inspection and supervision agency officially announced that Du Zhaocai, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports and secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision and investigation by the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, a temporary working group headed by Li Yingchuan, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports, settled in the Chinese Football Association.
In addition to Li Yingchuan, the members of the provisional working group include Cao Jingwei (Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Institute of Physical Education), Yang Xu (Deputy Director of the Hand Hockey Baseball Center), Yuan Yongqing (Deputy Secretary of the United Party Committee and Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Chinese Basketball Association of the Basketball Center), Gao Hongbo (Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association), Sun Wen (Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association), Yan Zhanhe (Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Chinese Football Association), a total of 7 people.
Li Yingchuan, Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of the People's Republic of China (Photo: Official website of the General Administration of Sports)
The temporary working group is actually the "caretaker cabinet" of the Chinese Football Association in the current extraordinary state, and its task is to help the Chinese Football Association transition and complete the transition work.
On April 6, the Chinese Football Association divided the leadership of the members of the working group and issued an internal notice. The work of the Chinese Football Association, which was in a state of chaos, entered the track again, and various tasks led by the preparations for the league began to advance. On the 7th, the Chinese Football Association released the 2023 season league and FA Cup competition calendar, and the next day released the 2023 season of the Chinese Super League matchup schedule.
The organizational work of the Chinese Super League is imminent
Leadership division of labor
The division of labor among the leaders of the "caretaker cabinet" of the Chinese Football Association is as follows:
Li Yingchuan, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports: presided over the comprehensive work.
Yan Zhanhe, Secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Chinese Football Association, is responsible for party affairs, administration, logistics and league work, and is in charge of the Party Committee Office, Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department, Strategic Planning Department, Administration Department, Finance Department, Media and Public Relations Department, Xianghe Base, Ford Bao Company, Preparatory Group of the Chinese Football Federation and other departments and units. Yuan Yongqing assisted, and also assisted Gao Hongbo in charge of the member association department and Sun Wen in charge of the information management department.
Gao Hongbo, vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, is responsible for the national brand, competition and youth training work, and is in charge of the national team management department, men's football youth training department, competition department, referee department, membership association department, futsal and beach football department, venue equipment department, football city office and other departments and units. Cao Jingwei assisted, and at the same time assisted Yan Zhanhe in charge of the strategic planning department.
Gao Hongbo, Vice Chairman of the Chinese Football Association
Sun Wen, vice president of the Chinese Football Association, is responsible for foreign affairs, women's football and technical work, and is in charge of the International Exchange Department, the Technology Department, the Social Football Department, the Information Management Department and other departments. Yang Xu assisted in the management, and at the same time assisted Gao Hongbo in charge of the competition department and the Foot City Office.
As far as this leadership division of labor is concerned, the specific business of the Chinese Football Association is still in charge of the "old man" Gao Hongbo, Sun Wen, and Yan Zhanhe, while Cao Jingwei, Yang Xu and Yuan Yongqing, who were sent by the General Administration to the Chinese Football Association to "strengthen", are all assisting. However, this also leads to the fact that any departmental meeting will have a supervisor, an assistant leader, and even an assistant leader attending or questioning. The same goes for the approval process.
Inefficiency
At present, the leaders in charge, the leaders in charge and the leaders of the assistant departments, and even the leaders of relevant departments, must participate in any affairs of the Chinese Football Association, whether it is meeting and discussing or approving messages. Because the assistant leader from the General Administration did not understand the business and often had to ask questions, the staff also had to explain in detail. If coordination between different departments is involved, especially if there is a dispute, it is cumbersome to hold meetings or approve documents.
Last Thursday, April 6, the Chinese Football Association's internal approval system was adjusted to report on the relationship, and the approval process, which was basically suspended in the first half of last week, began to operate again. However, the auxiliary leader was added to the approval process, so the links in the official document process were increased, the time was extended, and the assistant leader understood the situation, and even grasped the opinions of the relevant departments, and this process entered the state of "old cows pulling broken cars".
Sun Wen, Vice President of the Chinese Football Association
The same is true for meetings, a meeting of a department, may be the assistant leader to learn from the beginning, call the heads of relevant departments together. The scale of the meeting expanded, and there were even debates at the meeting, and a simple working meeting is likely to end up being a "marathon".
At present, the "caretaker cabinet" is still in the start-up stage, and it will take time to run in and coordinate, and over time it may become more efficient.