The 2001 China Jia B League Match Fixing, also called the Five Jia B Rats incident (甲B五鼠事件) in China, was a series of match fixing that involved five football teams – Chengdu F.C., Jiangsu Sainty, Changchun Yatai, Zhejiang Green Town and Mianyang F.C.
Referee Gong Jianping was the sole individual punished for the scandal, he served 18 months in prison before dying of leukemia.
[3] Players of Guangzhou refused to return to the field after Shanghai COSCO Huili scored the winning goal and their striker Bertin Tomou waved money towards the referee.
With the result having obviously been tampered with, the Chinese Football Association handed down its harshest punishment to date.
[5] Li Shufu, chief of Geely Group that was sponsoring Guangzhou at that time, was quoted as saying, "We won't come back until Chinese soccer environment turns better.
[7] Gong Jianping, the referee of the Changchun-Zhejiang match, was arrested for bribery charges unrelated to the final round, and sentenced to 10 years in prison.