[4] Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the competition system is still adopted in the first stage of this season, and it is planned to return to the home and away competition system from August 5, 2022 (from 11th round).

The hosts were allocated to each group and other teams will be drawn based on last season's rankings.

[7][8] Clubs promoted from 2021 China League One Dissolved entries

Zhejiang return to the division after a 5-year absence; Wuhan Three Towns, Meizhou Hakka, Chengdu Rongcheng all compete in the Chinese Super League for the first time in their respective histories.

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.