Authorities have now published the football reform plan approved last month by the central planning commission.
Goals set-out in the plan include returning the women's national team to world-class status as a mid-term goal.
Priorities for the men's national team have been made a longer-term project.
The new plan also includes aspirations for China to host a forthcoming World Cup at some point.
Cai Zhenhua, head of the Chinese Football Association, says one of the first things to be done is to eliminate the bureaucracy from Chinese football.
"It's pretty clear that the Chinese Football Association should be spun off as a separate entity from the General Administration fo
