Qingdao Hainiu becomes the first team winning promotion in Chinese league this year. They beat Xiamen Ludao 2:0 and win promotion to CL1(2nd-division) with two matches remaining. As a traditional top-division team, Qingdao Hainiu(as Qingdao Jonoon then) got relegated from CSL in 2013 and sunk to CL2 in 2016.