On the morning of August 20, 2024, the People's Court of Songzi City, Hubei Province, publicly pronounced the first-instance verdict on the case of Huang Song, former director of the Competition Department of the Chinese Football Association, for taking bribes. The defendant Huang Song was sentenced to seven years in prison for the crime of taking bribes and fined RMB 600,000. The property obtained by him from taking bribes was recovered according to law and turned over to the state treasury.