Comparative on the System of Professional Football Governance in China and Germany from the Perspective Governance Structures and Their Insights
The governance system is the foundation of professional football governance(PFG),and improving the governance system is a realistic need and an inevitable trend to promote the modernization of PFD.Using methods such as expert interviews,literature and comparative analysis,the Chinese and German PFG systems are compared and studied in the context of governance structures,and insights are drawn from them.Germany's PFG system is characterized by pluralistic and collaborative governance,with clear responsibilities and powers,cooperation and mutual constraints among the governing actors.DFB,DFL and clubs all have a sound governance structure and institutional system.The evolution of China's PFG system of"government management-government-led dual-track management-government-association governance"is in line with the modernization process of the national governance.The historical change of governance actors has government-led and top-down extension,and collaborative governance of multiple subjects is the development trend of PFG.Compared to Germany,the Chinese PFG system has complex interests and unclear relationships of responsibility and power among the various governing actors.The government's leadership behavior is obvious,the professional league is absent,and the governance structure and capacity of CFA and clubs need to be improved.It is necessary to deepen the reform of the governance system and promote the modernization of PFG by building a professional football governance system with Chinese characteristics,deepening the transformation of the role of government service providers,improving the governance capacity of CFA,promoting the establishment of professional leagues and improving the governance structure of clubs.
ChinaGermanyProfessional football governanceGovernance systemGovernance structure