On September 18, 2018, Cai Zhenhua made his first public appearance as a member of the party group of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

On the same day, the 2018 China Skills Competition and the 6th National Staff Vocational Skills Competition China Construction Seventh Bureau Cup Masonry Competition was held in Zhengzhou, Henan Province. Cai Zhenhua attended and delivered a speech as a member of the party group of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.

This means that Cai Zhenhua's position has been adjusted.

Previously, Cai Zhenhua served as the deputy director and secretary of the party group of the State Sports General Administration. He was in charge of summer sports training, competitions, preparations, and sports science and technology at the State Sports General Administration. He was in charge of the Sports Division (focusing on the Summer Olympics), the Summer OlympicsXia Ao).Participate in the work of the association as the chairman of the Chinese Football Association and the Chinese Table Tennis Association.

Cai Zhenhua was born on September 3, 1961 in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He officially started playing table tennis when he was about 7 years old. He joined the Nanjing Sports Team in 1973. Since then, he has spent 45 years in the sports circle.

In the past 45 years, Cai Zhenhua's experience can be roughly divided into three stages, from a famous table tennis player, to the head coach of the national team, and then to the leadership of the State Sports General Administration.

In 1978, Cai Zhenhua joined the national team and retired in 1985. During the seven years as a national team player, Cai Zhenhua won numerous awards. He won the World Table Tennis Championships men's team championship four times, and also won a men's doubles and a mixed doubles championship.

On March 14, 1983, the Swedish Post Office issued two commemorative stamps for the 37th World Table Tennis Championships, one of which was a match scene of Cai Zhenhua, who became the first Chinese athlete to appear on a foreign stamp.In 1980, Cai Zhenhua won the title of Chinese Sports Master.In his sports career, Cai Zhenhua has won the National Sports Medal of Honor 10 times.

After retiring, Cai Zhenhua was sent by the government to coach the Italian national table tennis team. In three and a half years, Cai Zhenhua brought the team's results to the seventh place in the World Table Tennis Championships, so he is called the godfather of table tennis.After returning to China in 1989, Cai Zhenhua became the head coach of the men's team of the Chinese Table Tennis Team in 1991 and the head coach of the Chinese Table Tennis Team in 1997.

Sports commentators commented that during Cai Zhenhua’s coaching of the national team, the greatest achievement was to lead the Chinese table tennis team, especially the men’s team, back to the top of the world table tennis.In the 45th World Table Tennis Championships in 2001, he won six championships; in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, he won four championships, three runners-up and one third; in the 46th World Table Tennis Championships in 2001, he won seven championships, four runners-up and five firsts.Three and so on.

Coaching the Chinese table tennis team, Cai Zhenhua is known as an iron-fisted coach.People's Daily Overseas Edition once reported: In the early days of coaching, Ma Wenge asked not to train on the grounds of stomach pain. Cai Zhenhua said: Then you can go back to your hometown in Tianjin and have a good rest!At that time, there was only one month before the Men's Table Tennis World Cup. Cai Zhenhua, who had just taken office, took a great risk in making such a decision.In the end, Ma Wenge surrendered to the new coach and admitted his mistake.

In 2002, Cai Zhenhua was promoted to the deputy director of the table tennis and badminton center of the State Sports General Administration. In 2005, he was transferred from the director of the table tennis and badminton center to the assistant director of the State Sports General Administration. Two years later, in 2007, he was promoted to the deputy director of the State Sports General Administration and became a provincial and ministerial official.age.In 2009, Cai Zhenhua was elected as the most influential sports figure in the 60 years of Guangyao New China.In 2007 and 2012, he was elected as an alternate member of the 17th Central Committee and an alternate member of the 18th Central Committee.

After serving as the deputy director of the State Sports General Administration for three years, at the end of 2010, Cai Zhenhua began to take charge of football.Xinhua News Agency once issued an article commenting: At that time, Cui Dalin, the deputy director of the General Administration of Sports in charge of football, retired, and pushed the hot potato of Chinese football, which had just experienced anti-gambling and anti-crime campaigns, to the table.Good work performance, rich management experience and high popularity make Cai Zhenhua the best candidate to take the helm of football.

After taking charge of football, Cai Zhenhua tried to find a new model for the development of Chinese football. The Chinese Super League gradually heated up, Guangzhou Evergrande began to rise, and the Chinese Football Association also began to try reform measures such as separation of management and management.Disappointed.Against this background, on January 21, 2014, Cai Zhenhua was elected chairman of the Chinese Football Association.

Before being elected as the chairman of the Football Association, Cai Zhenhua was re-elected as the chairman of the Chinese Table Tennis Association on January 17, 2014; after being elected as the chairman of the Football Association, on January 24, 2014, Cai Zhenhua was re-elected as the chairman of the Chinese Badminton Association.Therefore, some media said that Cai Zhenhua became the commander-in-chief of table tennis, football, and badminton in 8 days.

Among the three goals, the one that made Cai Zhenhua feel the most pressure was undoubtedly football.When the chairman of the Football Association was elected to deliver his inaugural speech, Cai Zhenhua said: Starting today, I may really be on a road of no return. I have no choice but to go on without hesitation.I believe that the ultimate goal will be achieved.Maybe I can't reach the other side of the dream with you, I am willing to be a paving stone.