Teams promoted from 1998 Chinese Jia-B League Teams relegated from 1998 Chinese Jia-A League Player of the year (Golden Ball Award) Top scorer (Golden Boot Award) Manager of the year Best Referee Youth player of the year Fair play team CFA Team of the Year Goalkeeper: Gao Jianbin (Sichuan Quanxing)
Defence: Cheng Gang (Qingdao Hainiu), Li Weifeng (Shenzhen Pingan), Zhang Enhua (Dalian Wanda), Xie Feng (Shenzhen Pingan)
Attack: Su Maozhen (Shandong Luneng), Qu Shengqing (Liaoning Fushun), Newcomer Liaoning Fushun was in the race of title into the final round.
Shenyang survived demotion miraculously amid heavy match fixing accusations.
Later police investigation shows the game results in the final round were arranged.