Chinese lawyer Chen Jun posted on Weibo stating that this regulation issued by the State Council of China stated that “names of local administrative divisions, industries or business characteristics above the county level” shall not be used as business names. Take the “Guangzhou Football Club” of the Guangzhou team as an example. Guangzhou is a place name, and football clubs are an industry, so they will become anonymous. Even the neighboring Guangzhou City (formerly known as Guangzhou R&F) has problems because the business name is less than two characters after the deduction of “Guangzhou”. He said that before the teams changed their names again, they might have to play with code names, questioning the Chinese Football Association or making jokes such as “91440101783794467C team sits at Tianhe Stadium at home.”
As for the change of Tianjin TEDA’s name to Tianjin Jinmen Tiger today, it is expected that this will not be affected. “People’s Daily” overseas edition published a comment today: “Chinese football now needs to abandon impetuosity and calm down, and start with “small things” like “renaming”.” The comment also praised Dalian people for establishing a neutral name.
In addition, Beijing Guoan defender Jin Minya received the European club beckoning. The mainland media said that if the club received a suitable offer, the South Korean team’s main player could be let go.
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