Reporter Lu Mi reported that on January 5, the trailer of CCTV's annual anti-corruption blockbuster "Continue to Make Efforts to Promote in Depth" was launched, in the trailer, there are three key figures involved in the anti-corruption of Chinese football, namely Du Zhaocai, former deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of China & former Secretary of the Party Committee of the Chinese Football Association, Chen Xuyuan, former chairman of the Chinese Football Association, and Li Tie, the former head coach of the national football team.
The three of them repented in front of the camera without exception, especially Du Zhaocai mentioned that "in the hunt for the interests of the club owner, some have gone with the flow". Judging from the details of the case disclosed in the first two episodes of the feature film, it is very likely that the anti-corruption film on the football theme will further expose the relevant case. When the time comes, whether the "hunters" will surface is also the focus of everyone's attention.
Once the circumstances of the relevant clubs are exposed, how to punish the "hunters" who have surfaced is a new problem left by history to the new leadership of the Chinese Football Association. Of course, if the Chinese Football Association wants to impose penalties, it is likely that it will have to wait until the court officially pronounces the verdict, and how to punish it at that time will also refer to the relevant penalties in the 2009 anti-gambling and anti-crime cases.
This wave of anti-corruption in Chinese football has lasted for more than a year so far. Over the past year or so, although many relevant announcements have been released, people have been waiting for the specific facts of the case to be exposed. CCTV's anti-corruption blockbuster about Chinese football has been filmed in the second half of 2023, and in the trailer, all three people only said one sentence. Former national football coach Li Tie said in front of the camera: "I regret it very much, but I still have to be down-to-earth and take the right path." Li Tie is also the first person to be taken away in the entire anti-corruption case, and has been prosecuted by the Xianning City People's Procuratorate to the Xianning City Intermediate People's Court in accordance with the law on suspicion of accepting bribes, offering bribes, offering bribes to units, accepting bribes from non-state functionaries, and offering bribes to non-state functionaries.
Chen Xuyuan said in front of the camera: "I want to deeply apologize to the fans across the country!" On February 14, 2023, Chen Xuyuan was officially announced to be under investigation on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law. On September 26, the Hubei procuratorate prosecuted Chen Xuyuan on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law. The procuratorate indicted and alleged: Chen Xuyuan took advantage of his position as deputy secretary of the party committee, president, secretary of the party committee, and chairman of the board of directors of Shanghai International Port (Group) Co., Ltd., head of the preparatory group for the general election of the Chinese Football Association, deputy secretary of the party committee and chairman of the Chinese Football Association, as well as the convenient conditions for the formation of his authority and status, to seek benefits for others and illegally accept other people's property, the amount of which is particularly huge, and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of accepting bribes in accordance with law.
If the words of Li Tie and Chen Xuyuan in the trailer are more like simple confessions, Du Zhaocai's words in the trailer should have laid a foreshadowing. On April 1, 2023, Du Zhaocai was officially announced to be investigated on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law. On April 13, Du Zhaocai was dismissed from his post as deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports. On October 7, Du Zhaocai was expelled from the party and public office for serious violations of discipline and law. On October 10, the Supreme People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Du Zhaocai on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law. As the former deputy director of the General Administration of Sports of the People's Republic of China, Du Zhaocai confessed in front of the camera: "In the hunt for the interests of the club owners, some have gone with the flow. So what are the club owners who Du Zhaocai is talking about "hunting" him? This suspense can be said to have aroused the attention of the whole people.
On January 6, the first episode of the feature film "Solving Unique Problems" was launched, which had some impressive details, including: In order to "thank" Wang Dawei, then director of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, for "helping" to deal with the case lightly, Liu Zhongtian, the actual controller of Liaoning Zhongwang Group, made a move of 40 million yuan plus 4 million US dollars, which was enough to load 22 cardboard boxes, and the commercial vehicle used by Wang Dawei to pull money could not be pressed up the slope of the basement. is enough to convey to the outside world that the film's disclosure of some of the details of the case is detailed enough, and both the bribe giver and the bribe taker are exposed to the sun. Therefore, it is not excluded that in the feature film on the football anti-corruption case, there will be characters or club names other than the trailer.
If the case involving a specific club is exposed, then the topic in front of the new leadership of the Chinese Football Association is how to punish the clubs and football practitioners involved.
On February 23, 2010, the Chinese Football Association punished three clubs: Chengdu Sheffield United, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Qingdao Hailifeng: Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Club and Chengdu Sheffield United Club were fined and relegated for bribery in the game, and Qingdao Hailifeng Club was disqualified for match-fixing.
In February 2013, the Disciplinary Committee of the Chinese Football Association issued another fine to punish those involved in football corruption. The penalty decision involved 12 clubs and 58 individuals. A total of 25 people were banned from engaging in football for five years, of which 16 were involved in bribery and 9 were involved in improper transactions. A total of 12 clubs were punished, and 8 were involved in the improper transactions, among which Tianjin TEDA and Shanghai Shenhua were each fined 1 million yuan and deducted 6 points for buying the ball or manipulating the game; Jilin Yanbian was fined 500,000 yuan and deducted 3 points for deliberately losing the game against Guangyao; and all three clubs were required to return the competition awards. The four clubs involved in the bribery were fined 1 million yuan and 500,000 yuan respectively.
The 2009 jurisprudence is certainly an important reference, but because the relevant cases are more complex and serious than the last time, the specific punishment will test the wisdom of the leaders of the Football Association. After all, Wang Xiaoping, who participated in the relevant punishment in the industry last time, is now also a person involved in the case.