Recently, it has been rumored that the entire middle management of the Football Association has resigned in anticipation of an organizational restructuring, a move that is seen as an important prelude to a complete overhaul of the Association. The move is aimed at weakening Du Zhao's influence, with a view to achieving a complete change in the organization structure of the Association. According to the latest reports from the authoritative soccer media, the restructuring of the middle-level cadres of the Association has basically been completed, and six of the core positions will be taken over by newcomers.
Looking back at history, the number of middle-level departments in the FA has increased from 4 in 1992 to 27 during Du Zhaocai's time, but now after some streamlining, the number of middle-level departments has dropped to 14. Even though it has been jokingly said that "there are less than 14 players on the soccer field, but there are as many as 14 management departments in the FA", this also reflects Song Kai's efforts to streamline the organization in the current environment. As for the rumor that the Association has 30 departments, 90 deputy departments, 300 departments and 1,000 sub-departments, it is really an exaggeration. According to reliable sources, the number of employees of the FA is more than five.
Focusing on the adjustment of the middle-level cadres of the Football Association, in this internal institutional reorganization, the Party Committee Office and the Strategic Planning Department were merged into the Party Group Work Department, the Administration Department and the Finance Department were merged into the Comprehensive Department, the Men's Football Youth Training Department and the Office of the National Key Cities for Football Development were merged into the Department of Youth Football (the Office of the National Key Cities for Football Development), the Department of Membership and Associations was merged with the Wusha Department to become the Department of Social Football, and the Department of Venue and Equipment was merged into the Department of Competition. At the same time, the Department of Discipline Inspection and Supervision was renamed as the Department of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the Department of Media Relations was renamed as the Department of Media Culture, and the Department of Information Management was renamed as the Department of Digital Information. In addition, the establishment of new organizations is also noteworthy.
It is reported that the candidates for the ministers and deputy ministers of eight departments, including the Department of Social Soccer, the Department of External Communication, the Department of Human Resources, the Department of Digital Information, the Department of Discipline Inspection and Supervision, the Department of Party Work, the Department of Integration and the Department of Media and Culture, have already been determined. National Management Department, Women's Football Department, Youth Football Department, Competition Department, Technical Department and Referee Department is currently by the Deputy Department of leadership temporarily, the possibility of the General Administration parachute cadres still exist. It is worth mentioning that the former deputy secretary-general of the Football Association He Xi did not appear in the adjusted list of the middle, he is currently preparing to devote himself to the Olympic Games related work.
In October last year, the new CFA leadership officially took office, but the composition of the middle-level cadres at that time still retained traces of the era of Du Zhaocai and Chen Xuyuan. This adjustment means that the CFA has officially said goodbye to that era, and we look forward to a brand new chapter for the CFA and Chinese soccer.
