The league's title sponsor is the e-commerce website 58.com.

Teams relegated from 2015 Chinese Super League Teams promoted from 2015 China League Two Teams promoted to 2016 Chinese Super League Teams relegated to 2016 China League Two

The number of foreign players is limited to three per CL1 team.

Teams can use three foreign players on the field each game.

Hong Kong/Macau/Taiwan outfield players (Contracts signed before 1 January 2016 do not count for the foreign player slot):[37] Last updated: 22 October 2016Source: sina.com.cn The awards of 2016 China League One were announced on 9 November 2016.