Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Rui, a graduate of the Law Faculty of the National People's Congress, has served as Executive Secretary of the Disciplinary Inspection Committee of the Football Association (FIFA), Vice Minister of the Competition Department, Vice Minister of the Legal Department, Minister, and Vice Chairman of the Disciplinary Inspection Committee of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) since 2015, while Vice Minister Guo Ruifeng, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) employee, serves as an interpreter for the women's national team.
Lee Sung-poo, Head of Digital Information Department, born in the Internet industry, has served as Head of Registration Management, Head of Membership Association, and in August 2022, as Head of Information Management Department. Currently, there is a temporary shortage of deputy positions.
The head of the General Department is Zheng Chaoyong. He has been in charge of women's soccer for a long time, serving as deputy director of the women's soccer department, leader of the women's national team, head of the women's soccer department, and deputy secretary general of the Football Association. He is a senior person in the field of women's soccer. This time he was reorganized as the head of the General Department; the deputy head is Yang Yuanying. She was the senior director of the Finance Department.
The Vice Chairman of the Media and Culture Department, Xu Kiren, was the Director of the Sports Department of the Xinhua News Agency and a senior journalist, and was the Director of the Executive Committee of the Football Association and the Director of the Press Committee; the Vice Minister is Nie Wei (presiding).
The division of labor between the Human Resources Department (Minister Yan Xiaomei, Vice Minister Gai Hongyan), the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Department (Minister Luo Jianbin, Vice Minister Wang Yunfeng), and the Party Work Department (Minister Lu Xiaolan, Vice Minister Mother Lianjun) is also clear. The only thing to note is that the Deputy Minister of the Party Group Work Department, Mother Lianjun, was previously the Minister of Planning.
In addition, there are six other departments in the Secretariat where only deputy positions have been identified and the main positions are vacant and will, unsurprisingly, be parachuted in by the General Directorate. It should be noted that these six departments are very important, namely, the National Management Department, the Women's Football Department, the Youth Football Department, the Competition Department, the Technical Department and the Referee Department.
The Vice-Ministers of National Management are Zhang He and Wei Fan.Zhang He joined the FA in 2014 and has been working in the National Management Department as the leader of the national soccer team and Vice-Minister of National Management; Wei Fan serves as the National Soccer Security Liaison Officer.
The vice ministers of women's soccer are Luo Zhao and Qiao Daihu. Luo Zhao graduated from Bei Wai University and joined the Foreign Affairs Department in 2004, where she worked as an interpreter for Duyi, Deputy Director of the Foreign Affairs Department, Director of the Social Development Department, and Director of the Foreign Exchange Department, while Qiao Daihu graduated from the National People's Congress and joined the Association in 2012, working mainly in the Competition Department, where she served as Director of the Men's Soccer Youth Training Department, Executive Secretary of the CYC Office, and Senior Director of the Entry Examination Department.
Cheng Xu and Zhao Xingzhi, Deputy Director of the Youth Football Department, of which Cheng Xu serves as Secretary of the Youth League Committee of the Football Association, Director of Social Soccer in the Social Discovery Department, Director of the Women's Department, Senior Director of the Youth Training Department, and Director of the Office of Football Cities.
The Competition Department has three vice ministers: Sun Ri, Wang Jian and Kong Zhida. Among them, Sun Ri served as the director of the Chinese Super League Operations Department and the deputy minister of the Competition Department; Wang Jian served as the general manager of the Sino-Australia Road Race, the vice president of Ford Bao, the deputy secretary-general of the Organizing Committee of the Asian Cup, the director of the Market Development Department, and the director of the Venue Equipment Department; and in 2014, Kong Zhida and Zhang He entered the FA at the same time, when it was the Technical Department, and worked in the Zhijin County.
The Vice Minister of Technical Department is Feiyu Li. He has been working in the Technical Department for 8 years as Deputy Director, Women's Soccer Leader, Deputy Director of Women's Soccer, and Director of Member Associations.
He Xi and Liu Jianguo do not appear on the deputy list of mid-level cadres. He is the deputy secretary general of the FA and is currently attending the U23 Asian Cup. At present, he is likely to leave the FA after his work assignment; Liu Jianguo, who was the minister of member associations, has been transferred to the General Administration of Football class.
