Chinese Taipei Football Association
The Chinese Football Association (CFA) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal in Mainland China. Originally formed in Beijing in 1924, the association would affiliate itself with FIFA in 1931 before relocating to Taiwan following the end of Chinese Civil War (see Chinese Taipei Football Association). CFA joined the Asian Football Confederation in 1974 followed up by FIFA once more in 1979. Since rejoining FIFA, CFA claims to be a non-governmental and a nonprofit organization but in fact is the same bureau with Management Center of Football which is a department of the State General Administration of Sports.