The season was scheduled to begin on 29 February and end on 1 November,[1] but was postponed following the COVID-19 pandemic in China.
The number of foreign players clubs can register over the course of the season is limited to four and the number of foreign players allowed on each team at any given time is increased from three to four.
In addition, each club can register a Hong Kong, Macau, or Taiwan player of Chinese descent (excluding goalkeepers), provided that he registered as a professional footballer in one of those three association for the first time, as a native player.
To maintain chronological order, postponed matches are not included in the round for which they were originally scheduled but are instead added to the round immediately following their actual play date.
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.