The regular season began on 1 November 2019 with the Guangdong Southern Tigers hosting the Liaoning Flying Leopards.
[5] All teams except the Bayi Rockets (a club owned by the People's Liberation Army) can have two foreign players.
The bottom two teams from the previous season (except Bayi) have the additional right to sign an extra Asian player.
One major change is that many teams began to actively sign "reserve" imports this season to provide insurance for injuries.
Saturday features the Rising Stars Challenge, in which a team of CBA Rookies & Sophomores face a squad of students from the Chinese University Basketball Association, as well as the preliminaries of the Slam Dunk Contest, Three-Point Shootout, and Skills Competition.
Sunday features the All-Star Game, with the South hosting the North, and the finals of the three individual events taking place at halftime.