With the introduction of this plan, China's football industry is expected to usher in a blowout development in the next 4 to 5 years.

The overall plan for the reform and development of Chinese football was reviewed and approved by the State Council on January 26, 2015, and submitted to the Central Leading Group for Deep Reform for review.

On February 27, 2015, at the 10th meeting of the Central Leading Group for Comprehensively Deepening Reform, the "Overall Plan for the Reform and Development of Chinese Football" was reviewed and approved.

The plan proposes a "three-step" strategy, divided into short-term, medium-term and long-term goals: the short-term goal is to straighten out the football management system, formulate a mid- and long-term development plan for football, and innovate the football management model with Chinese characteristics.

The medium-term goal is to achieve a substantial increase in the youth football population, to achieve the level of professional league organization and competition that reaches the top level in Asia, to rank the national men's football team among the top in Asia, and to return the women's football team to the ranks of the world's top teams.

The long-term goal is for China to successfully bid for the World Cup and for the men's football team to enter the World Cup and the Olympics.

Key points of the plan: China's promotion of football reform and development includes further reforming the football management system, promoting the "separation of government and society, separation of government and enterprises, and separation of management and office", and accelerating the decoupling of sports industry associations and administrative agencies.

As for the leadership body of the Football Association, the "Plan" clearly stipulates that the Chinese Football Association will not have an administrative level and will be composed of representatives from the sports administration department of the State Council, well-known football professionals, social figures and expert representatives to ensure the professionalization of the Football Association's leadership body.

Establish the China Football Development Foundation to encourage donations from various enterprises, institutions, social forces and individuals.

In addition, a certain amount of funds will be allocated from the new public welfare fund income from sports lottery every year to support the China Football Development Foundation.

At the same time, we are actively studying and promoting the issuance of football lottery tickets for the Chinese Professional Football League.

Establish a "Professional League Council" with independent corporate legal personality, responsible for organizing and managing professional leagues, and rationally constructing the Chinese Super League, Chinese League One, and Chinese League Two systems.

The Chinese Football Association supervises the board of directors and sends representatives to serve on the board of directors.

The Board of Directors sends representatives to the Chinese Football Association to participate in discussions and decision-making on relevant issues.

Local governments create conditions to guide a group of outstanding clubs to stay relatively stable in cities with good football foundations and strong representativeness and demonstration of football development, so as to avoid the phenomenon of clubs frequently moving between cities as investors change and lacking stable support.

Primary and secondary schools in various places should include football in the teaching content of physical education courses and increase the proportion of time in school hours.

On the basis of the existing more than 5,000 primary and secondary school football-specific schools across the country, the number will reach 20,000 in 2020 and 50,000 in 2025, of which a certain proportion are schools that carry out women's football.

Incorporate the construction of football fields into the overall plan for urbanization and new rural construction, clarify the rigid requirements, and implement them organized by governments at all levels.

At the same time, we will promote the opening of school football fields to the public at low prices or free of charge during extracurricular time, and establish a mechanism for schools and society to enjoy the venues.