The General Plan for the Development of Football Reform in China
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China takes aim at soccer superpower status
BEIJING — The Globe and Mail Published Friday, Oct. 28, 2016 6:25PM EDT Last updated Saturday, Oct. 29, 2016 10:21AM EDT Beneath an enormous crystal chandelier in a Beijing ballroom, Marcello Lippi held up his new uniform, a soccer jersey the colour of the Chinese flag, and offered a wan smile. He had plenty of reason to celebrate, not least a reported $29-million salary that has made him the sport’s best-paid coach. He had even more reason to worry. On his shoulders now rest the hopes of a billion-strong Chinese and their soccer-mad chief, President Xi Jinping, whose ambitions for soccer glory have fuelled a prodigal scramble to buy success. China’s previous coach was unceremoniously dumped after failing to achieve a single win in China’s first four World Cup qualifying games, including a humiliating loss at home to the Syrian team. Enter Lippi, who led the Italian team to World Cup victory in 2006 and has now suddenly become the most important figure in China’s big-money sporting scene. His first task: offer some hope. Six qualifying games remain and the team still has a chance, he said Friday in his first public remarks. “To qualify for the 2018 World Cup is not impossible,” he said. “What we need to do is unite everyone” in hopes of “trying to achieve this objective.” And after that, “we will consider the long-term development issues of Chinese soccer.” Those issues come down to one problem. China has appeared in the World Cup exactly once, in 2002, and failed to score a single goal. It has since surpassed every other country outside the United States in economic heft. It has won an Olympic gold-medal count and been host to world leadership summits. What it wants now is respect on the soccer pitch. It wants to be a global soccer superpower. And it’s prepared to pay. Four of the best-paid soccer players on Earth now play for Chinese domestic clubs, British media have tabulated, and deep-pocketed Chinese have gone on a buying spree for marquee names abroad, too. Italy's AC Milan and England’s Aston Villa, Wolverhampton Wanderers and West Bromwich Albion are all now in Chinese hands. Chinese firms have bought stakes in Manchester City and Birmingham City, and have expressed interest in Liverpool. Some $2.7-billion has been spent by Chinese acquirers on foreign clubs in the past two years alone. Now the country has added one of the sport’s most respected coaches to its national team. In 2013, ESPN FC placed Lippi 15th on a list of all-time greatest managers. He’s also brought victory to Chinese professional soccer during three seasons with Guangzhou Evergrande, which he coached to China’s first Asian Champions League title in 23 years. “Mr. Lippi is basically the best coach that they could possibly get. They have the money, and have decided to spare no expense. From that point of view it’s quite a logical move,” said Cameron Wilson, founding editor of Wild East Football, a website that covers Chinese soccer. The problem, of course, is that coaches can be hired from abroad. National team players cannot. “He can only work with the players he’s been given,” said Mark Dreyer, a former Sky Sports soccer reporter and founder of chinasportsinsider.com. “You can’t bring in a Ronaldo or a Messi.” As for the players he has, “he can maybe improve the current squad by 10 per cent, but they’re basically not strong enough to qualify by any objective measure.” He rates the likelihood of China failing to qualify for the 2018 World Cup as 99.9 per cent. Why, then, open the treasure chests for Lippi who, one cheeky Chinese writer calculated, will earn more than 40 ounces worth of gold a day? “Many things here cannot be explained by normal market rules,” said Wu Celi, a Chinese sportswriter and author of China Soccer: The Inside Story. National pride is at stake. So is political favour. Most of Lippi’s salary reportedly comes from the billionaire owners behind Guangzhou Evergrande, his former team, in the form of an “adviser” fee. If that money can secure even a marginally better chance at a soccer victory that would put a smile on the face of the President – who has openly said he wants China to bring home a World Cup – it may be a price worth paying. In China, the line between politics and business remains thin. Problem is, “all the money in the world won’t buy those results,” said Tom Byer, a Japan-based consultant and author who has consulted with the Chinese government on building its soccer program. Sports aren’t built from the top down. They start with children barely able to walk. “It’s not so much about coaching. It’s about the culture,” Byer says. But for many Chinese parents of single children, the path to success lies not on the field but in the classroom. Educators view sport as a distraction. “The reality is the technical level of most children who play even today in China is way, way below average,” Byer said. Rather than lust after an adult World Cup, he said, China should worry about the under-17 and under-20 tournaments, where its teams remain dismal, outplayed by much poorer neighbours in Myanmar and Vietnam. There are signs China is turning attention to its youth. It has drafted a 50-point “Chinese football reform and development program.” It wants kids playing soccer in 50,000 schools by 2025. It is preparing thousands of local trainers and hiring hundreds of foreign coaches. But does it have the patience to succeed? “The only way that China can really improve is to start with five-year-olds and train them the right way for 20 years,” Dreyer said. Even then, “it doesn’t mean they’re going to beat everyone and win the World Cup. But they could perhaps be a top-30 team.” China stands reasonable odds of playing host to the 2030 World Cup. But by then, President Xi will be eight years past the expected 10-year term for a Chinese leader, and Lippi will be 82 years old. Still, China’s new coach need not wait that long for a certain kind of glory – his own. In his years coaching Guangzhou Evergrande, the team built a restaurant staffed by Italian chefs to cater to his needs. Now, an entire nation kneels before his soccer savvy. “The guy – it’s like he’s a god,” Byer said.
FIFA China introduced full reform program
Chinese Football Association FIFA delegation conducted a two-day working visit, the delegation expressed appreciation for the introduction of "overall program of reform and development of Fifa 17 Coins Chinese football," and said that FIFA is willing to continue to provide necessary support and assistance to the Chinese Football Association promote technology development and management improvement of Chinese football.6th am, six FIFA delegation arrived in Beijing. During the meeting, the Chinese Football Association chairman Cai Zhenhua said China's football is now at a critical juncture of reform and development, welcomed the FIFA for the reform and development of Chinese football any more helpful advice, more sharing of best practices. Chinese Football Association vice chairman, the Secretary-General Zhang Jian in his concluding remarks, said the introduction of "China's reform and development of the overall football program" and the concerns of the community will undoubtedly encourage the development of Chinese football, the occasion of the opportunity to listen to Fifa Coins the recommendations of FIFA, can help Chinese football on the right track. FIFA China introduced full reform program, to support and highly appreciated the support of football. Teer Rui · Regan Ness FIFA Member Associations and Development director, said that FIFA is willing to continue to provide necessary support and assistance to the Chinese Football Association, promote technology development and management level of Chinese football.The main purpose of the FIFA delegation's visit was to assess the "2011--2014 FIFA cooperation agreement with the Chinese Football Association," the overall implementation, negotiations "2015 annual cooperation plan" of specific projects. Prince Ali Bin al-Hussein has Fifa 17 Points Account accepted he will abide his bid to become the next Fifa president. There had been belief Prince Ali was because affairs out of the acclamation attack but the Fifa vice-president from Jordan has assured in a account he will “continue the chase until the end”.The 39-year-old is continuing adjoin Sepp Blatter, Michael van Praag from the Netherlands and the above Portugal all-embracing Luis Figo, with the elections demography abode at the Fifa Congress on 29 May in Zurich.
China football reform and development of the overall plan was introduced
China football reform and development of the overall plan was introduced, it became a hot topic, is generally considered to be a change in the Chinese football backward, chaos strategy deployment. As a member of China in hundreds of millions of football fans, I am very encouraged, hopefully China football spring. foot buy Cheap Air Jordan Shoes online change scheme is pointed out to promote the development of football on campus, which is a few tunes of football reform important song, it may be said to grasp the lifeline, the relationship to the future of Chinese football. Recently, however, some places to promote development of football on campus a bit hasty, to implement the reforms required loss of superficial, change the taste and run too. Media reports, Yubei District, Chongqing for the school more than 50% of the students can play football, form a class team, JOJO is a lively game situation; a primary school in Luoyang, Henan Province to promote the of the campus football, self football exercises, in the break time each student holding a football operating jump; Shandong suspend college basketball and volleyball league and University Football League into the elementary school, junior high school, high school and college level 4 League campus; Guangdong Foshan fixed hard targets football lessons in the compulsory education stage, construction, anyone can play campus football mode and so on. p and so on, the campus football easily developed into a a exam oriented education and compulsory exercise. This is contrary to the sports development rule and the spirit of sport, is also contrary to the original foot reform scheme. To prevent the development of campus football run tune, to guard against the three aspects of the problem. One is on the campus football exam Promote the development of football on campus is an important part of Chinese football the overall situation of reform and development, through the grab from baby, so that the majority of young people to recognize the charm of the football, cultivate interest in football, enhance the level of football, the early mining, found that football seedling, for the future of China’s football gathers strength. But must alert by exam oriented means it simple and crude across the board, which will lead to the campus football utilitarian, football teaching stylization, and thus make the football talent mediocre, some not suitable for playing football, not like playing football students to take an exam unwillingly to soccer practice, and stylized Teaching cannot meet some football talent good students. This approach i like Cheap Air Jordan Shoes is clearly contrary to the original intention of the reform program and the development of the campus football. Two is on the campus football, the performance of the. In some places, some schools in the foot change after the introduction of the programme, the first time made a positive response, develop plan, plan, plan, etc., in some places has buy Cheap Air Jordan 4 Leopard Men Shoes online put into action, implement the central deployment of the spirit is commendable. But buy Cheap Air Jordan 12 New Packing Men online now it seems that some of the decision is clearly not considered, contrary to the original intention, contrary to the laws of the development of sports, if continue to implement, will be counterproductive. The reason, individual leadership without a thorough understanding of the spirit of the reform, rush action is not for the future of China’s football development, but the positive response to the Central Committee to promote the call of the development of football as a statement, as a political. Three is on the campus football, he is on the alert. Strengthen the campus sports, i like Cheap Air Jordan 4 Leopard Men Shoes is to promote physical and mental health of young people to grow and strengthen the body.
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1 On February 27th 2015, the Central Leading Group for comprehensive deepening reform passed the " Overall Plan for Chinese Football Reform and Development" thereby the status of football in China has risen to unprecedented heights.
2 3 month released "China's reform and development of the overall football program," mentioned ancillary products through the development of football, soccer foster service markets and explore the convergence of the football industry and related industries, and explore implementation forms of traditional media and new media integration and development in the football field, adding new media market revenue.
3 That can best explain why the authorities' decision to reform the association, as a part of its efforts to promote the overall soccer reform and development program, has attracted such attention.