On 12 May 2022, the Chinese Football Association announced the format of the season.
[1] The season will be divided into 4 stages (8, 8, 8 and 10 rounds respectively).
The hosts will be allocated to each group and other teams will be drawn based on last season's rankings.
Teams relegated from 2021 Chinese Super League Teams promoted from 2021 China League Two Teams promoted to 2022 Chinese Super League Dissolved entries
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.