The Ministry of Public Security has defined the behaviors of Wang Xin, Wang Bo and others as "suspected of manipulating football match results through commercial bribery in the Crown Football Platform rental." Deputy Director of the General Administration of Sport of China, Cui Dalin, and full-time vice chairman of the Chinese Football Association, Nan Yong, have also made public statements respectively. Next, it will be up to the specific penalty decision by the Chinese Football Association. According to the provisions of the "Chinese Football Association Discipline Standards and Penalty Measures (Trial)", the personnel involved in this case will be prohibited from engaging in any football-related activities. The Guangzhou Pharmaceutical team, which benefited from the commercial bribery, may face demotion penalties.
After the Ministry of Public Security defined Wang Xin's behavior as commercial bribery, the Chinese Football Association immediately responded. The Chinese Football Association Discipline Committee will hold an emergency meeting to study the punishment methods for relevant personnel. Currently, those who have been arrested by the public security department, including Wang Xin, Wang Bo, Ding Zhe, You Kewei, Zhong Guojian, and Yang Xu, will definitely face legal sanctions. According to the "Discipline Standards and Penalty Measures" of the Chinese Football Association, these people engaged in bribery as coaches or officials, which falls under providing, promising, or giving improper benefits. Therefore, these individuals will definitely be penalized with a ban on engaging in any football-related activities.
As one of the two teams involved in the match between Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Shanxi Luhu in the Chinese Football League on August 19, 2006, Shanxi Luhu later changed its name to Hohhot Team and was heavily penalized with demotion in the 2007 season due to voluntarily abandoning the league. However, the other involved team, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical, successfully promoted to the Super League at the end of the 2007 season and is still in the Chinese Super League, finishing ninth in the 2009 season. But Guangzhou Pharmaceutical's actions in 2006 constituted bribery. Therefore, several members of the Chinese Football Association Discipline Committee held a preliminary discussion on the night of the 25th and will immediately convene an emergency meeting to study how to penalize Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Club.
Since the match between Guangzhou Pharmaceutical and Shanxi Luhu took place in 2006, whether a penalty should be imposed this year is the focus of the Discipline Committee's discussion. If it is confirmed that a penalty should be imposed this year, Guangzhou Pharmaceutical may find it hard to avoid the heavy penalty of demotion.