The league's title sponsor was the e-commerce website 58.com.
[1] The season began on 9 March and concluded on 2 November.
The same as the previous two seasons, at least one domestic player who is under the age of 23 (born on or after 1 January 1996) must be in the starting eleven.
However, the total number of foreign players appearing in matches is no longer related to the total number of U-23 domestic players.
To preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.