According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, on the afternoon of August 7, 2022, a match-fixing incident occurred in the men’s football B A (U15) final of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games.

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2025-10-16

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission website news On the afternoon of August 7, 2022, a match-fixing incident occurred in the men’s football B A (U15) final of the 16th Guangdong Provincial Games. With the approval of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision set up an investigation team to find out the truth and conduct an in-depth investigation into the ineffective performance of duties and dereliction of duty in the incident. We insist on questioning and strict accountability, adhere to rules and disciplines and the law, insist on seeking truth from facts, scientific accuracy, and strictly hold 16 party members and leading cadres accountable.

Wang Yuping, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, was given a serious warning within the party, a government record for major demerits, and removal from office.

Mai Liang, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, was given an intra-party warning and a government demerit.

Lei Jianjun, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Guangdong Provincial Sports Bureau, was given a serious warning within the party, a government record for major demerits, and removal from office.

Cheng Zhiwen, member and director of the General Party Branch of the Guangdong Provincial Football Sports Center, was dismissed from his party positions and removed from government affairs, and was demoted to a sixth-level employee in the management position of public institutions.

Tan Ping, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Mayor of the Guangzhou Municipal Government, was given a warning within the party and a demerit record for government affairs.

Ouyang Ziwen, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, was given a serious warning within the party, a political record for major demerits, and removal from office.

Lin Yanfen, deputy secretary of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, was given a serious warning within the party and a major demerit in government affairs.

Wu Minchun, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, was dismissed from his party positions, removed from government affairs, and demoted to a second-level investigator.

Wang Shuyong, full-time deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau and secretary of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, was given a serious warning within the party and a government downgrade.

Pei Weimin, Party branch secretary and director of the Competitive Sports Division of the Guangzhou Municipal Sports Bureau, was dismissed from his party positions, removed from government affairs, and demoted to a third-level investigator.

Su Jindan, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Mayor of Qingyuan Municipal Government, was given a warning within the party and a demerit record for government affairs.

Xu Guangyong, Party Secretary of the Qingyuan Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports, was given a serious warning within the party, a government record for major demerits, and removal from office.

Cai Fafa, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Qingyuan City Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, was given a serious warning within the party, a government record for major demerits, and removal from office.

Sun Hao, a member of the Party Leadership Group of Qingyuan City Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports Bureau, was given an intra-party warning and a government demerit record.

Xie Zhiguang, chairman of the Guangzhou Football Association and former director of the Guangzhou Football Sports Management Center, was given the sanction of two years of party probation, reduced retirement benefits, and was determined to be based on the tenth-level employee in the management position of a public institution. He was removed from the position of chairman of the Guangzhou Football Association according to procedures.

Party organizations at all levels in the province and party members and cadres must thoroughly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping’s important instructions on football work, learn lessons deeply, draw lessons from them, make in-depth rectifications, and improve the system. We must persist in drawing inferences from one example, establish a correct view of political performance, follow the laws of football development, improve the long-term mechanism for event management and supervision, and effectively prevent similar problems from happening again. It is necessary to carry forward the spirit of Chinese sports, focus on the construction of football ethics, investigate and punish serious violations of game style and disciplines such as match fixing with a zero-tolerance attitude, resolutely put an end to unhealthy tendencies such as match-fixing, and promote the healthy and orderly development of the football industry.

(Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection)

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On August 7 this year, in the U15 Men’s Group B A final of the 16th Guangdong Province Sports Games, the Guangzhou representative team defeated the Qingyuan representative team 5:3 and won the championship. In this game, the performance of athletes from both sides on the field was widely questioned by public opinion and attracted attention from all walks of life. The Chinese Football Association attaches great importance to this and has launched an investigation process. An investigation team will be formed with the participation of the Competition Department, the Discipline Inspection Department, and other departments. It will go to Guangzhou to conduct an investigation on August 8. Both Evergrande and the Guangzhou City Team have been questioned.