On January 12, 2021, the Zhuhai Qin-Ao Football Club was founded. The club brings together investors, coaches and players from Macau, thus becoming a unique team. Zhuhai Qin'ao finished as runners-up in the Guangdong Provincial Football Super League in 2021, and finished eighth in the finals of that year's Chinese Champions League, before entering the Chinese B Professional League in the 2022 season.
After the withdrawal of Zhuhai Qin'ao, there are 15 teams left in the 2023 season. The next step, whether to continue with 15 teams or to add a separate team, has become an issue that needs to be resolved as soon as possible.
