Today, Dalian People's Club unveiled the announcement that the management team of the Dalian Football Reform and Development Working Group has been formally established and will take over the reins of Dalian Professional Football Club. The Wanda Group has committed to assume the burden of all historical debt accumulated over the previous 20 years.
Over the years, Wanda Group has made indelible contributions to the prosperity of Dalian soccer, and has committed to continue to help Dalian professional clubs and the sustainable development of Dalian soccer. According to the established agreement, Wanda Group will not only bear all the historical debts of the club before the takeover, but also be responsible for the operation of the club and the Dalian Campus Football Primary School Base School in the next three years, with the total investment expected to reach 1.6 billion RMB. The donation of the Dalian soccer youth training base to Dalian state-owned enterprise Detai Holdings for the promotion of the development of the soccer cause is a practical action of Wanda Group's deep friendship to its hometown city and its firm support to Dalian soccer. The Dalian Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government will unswervingly carry out the concept of "the government is responsible for the people's soccer", further strengthen the policy support, and promote the nationwide open recruitment of high-level coaches and coaching teams, as well as the selection of high-level athletes. Special attention will be paid to building a dynamic professional soccer sector, actively promoting reform and innovation, respecting the inherent laws of soccer development, establishing a standardized and transparent salary system and an efficient and positive performance appraisal system, and strictly enforcing the code of conduct, so as to further motivate athletes and inspire them to embark on the new season with a brand-new outlook, and strive to achieve the best results. Immediately after that, Dalian People Club released the news of selecting and hiring the head coach of the men's first team of Dalian People Professional Football Club, which coincided with the unfortunate relegation of Dalian People to the Central League last season. The full text of the announcement is as follows: **Football practitioners:** In order to thoroughly implement the strategic plan of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on the reform and development of soccer, earnestly implement the relevant requirements of the Dalian Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government, and promote the sustained and healthy development of Dalian professional soccer with the goal of professional, market-oriented and social reform, now according to the needs of the work of the Dalian Professional Football Club for the community to openly select the men's soccer team head coach. The relevant matters are announced as follows: **I. Position information** 1. **Selection position**: Head Coach of Men's First Team of Dalian Professional Football Club. 2. **Contract term**: from the date of contract signing and actual entry into force to the end of the 2022 CFA First Division season; if the team advances to the 2023 CFA Super League, the contract will be automatically extended to the end of the 2023 season; if the conditions for automatic continuation are not fulfilled, the contract will be negotiated separately based on the results of the teaching and the results of the youth training. 3. **Job Salary**: The sunshine salary system of basic salary + bonus (1:2 ratio) is implemented. The club will use the league results and the training effect of young players as the assessment criteria for the head coach's performance appraisal. Bonuses will fluctuate according to results, up to 5 times the basic salary. **II. Selection and recruitment principles** 1. Adhere to the principles of openness, equality, competition and meritocracy; 2. Adhere to the employment standard of both moral and talent, moral and artistic excellence; 3. adhere to the performance-oriented, appropriate to the post, pay attention to the combination of comprehensive quality and professional ability principle. **III. Selection time and location ** 1. **Registration time**: from now until March 15, 2022, 24:00; 2. **Interview time**: March 16 to March 17, 2022, to be announced; 3. **Interview location**: Dalian Football Youth Training Base, 150 meters north of Dalian Sports Center, Northwest Road, Ganjingzi District, Dalian, Liaoning Province. **IV. Enrollment Requirements** 1. have the nationality of the People's Republic of China 2. understand the policy requirements of the reform of professional soccer clubs of the CFA, and think deeply about carrying out coaching work in accordance with the direction, objectives and tasks of the reform; 3. master the laws and trends of modern soccer development, with strong technical and tactical ability and management team, management experience, good at training, excavation, use of young players, good at establishing a youth training system, and achieve good results; 4. hold the AFC professional (or equivalent) coaching qualification certificate, holding a license within the validity period (having served as the national team coach, having served in the Chinese Super League.
