At dawn on May 2, the China Football Association officially unveiled the referee lineup for the third round of the new season's Central League. In this list, veteran Beijing referee Liu Zhao will be in charge of the key battle between Super League rivals Zhejiang and hosts Meizhou Hakka, while Han Lei from Tianjin will be in charge of the key match between Wuhan Sanzhen and Guizhou.
As the Central League progresses, the overall performance of the referees is not as good as that of the Premier League, although the overall level of enforcement is not as good as that of the Premier League. After all, VAR has not yet been introduced into the league. Although some of the penalties caused controversy, but did not trigger strong protests from the clubs, which is undoubtedly a kind of enhancement of the league's law enforcement level. In the third round of matches, the FA implemented a referee rotation strategy. Gan Shuran, who enforced the highlight match in the previous round, will be the fourth official of the match between Suzhou Dongwu and Liaoning Shenyang City, while Li Wei, who will be his partner, will be the referee this round.
