On April 19, Beijing time, the 7th round of the Chinese Super League started, and before the game, the Chinese Football Association announced the list of law enforcement referees for this round on the official website. Maimaitijiang officiated the relegation battle between Henan and Qingdao Manatee, and Wan Tao and Ma Yunkun respectively officiated the game in which Shenhua and Harbour two Shanghai teams participated.
On the 19th, there was only one game, that is, the Zhejiang team sat at home against Tianjin Jinmen Tigers, and the game was refereed by Li Haixin of the Guangdong Football Association, and Du Jianxin from the Gansu Football Association served as the VAR of the game.
On the 20th, 4 games were played, Shandong Taishan played the match between the home game of Cangzhou Lions, Zhen Wei of Tianjin Football Association served as the referee, and Huang Yi from Jiangsu Football Association served as VAR.
In the match between Chengdu Rongcheng and Shenzhen Xinpeng City, Guan Xing of the Beijing Football Association served as the referee, and Wang Wei, also from the Beijing Football Association, served as VAR. In the match between Wuhan Three Towns and Changchun Yatai, Ai Kun of Beijing Sports University served as the referee, and Dai Yige of the Shandong Football Association served as VAR, which was also Xie Hui's debut after becoming the coach of Yatai.
In the match between Nantong Zhiyun and Shanghai Shenhua, Wan Tao of Jiangxi Football Association served as the referee, and Tang Shunqi from Chengdu Football Association served as VAR.
In the game on the 21st, the relegation battle between the Henan team and Qingdao Manatee, Mai Maitijiang of the Xinjiang Football Association served as the referee, and Xing Qi of the Zhejiang Football Association served as the VAR. In the match between Meizhou Hakka and Shanghai Port, Ma Yunkun of Guizhou Football Association served as the referee, Wang Jing of Guizhou Football Association served as VAR, and in the match between Beijing Guoan and Qingdao West Coast, Wang Di of Shanghai Football Association served as the referee, and Xu Qiangqiang, another referee of Shanghai Football Association, served as VAR.