On September 10, the official WeChat press conference of the Shanghai Sports Administration held a response to Liu Xiang's retirement and placement. The details are as follows. Comrade Liu Xiang is an outstanding track and field athlete in China. He is also a meritorious athlete who has engraved the history of Shanghai, and has made outstanding contributions to the sports industry. Earlier, after in-depth communication with Liu Xiang himself, he provided organization placement directions, including the head of the athletics center, technical director, and sports colleges. In the end, Liu Xiang chose to choose his own career, and we fully respected him. On September 1, Liu Xiang submitted an application form for voluntary career selection and signed a relevant agreement; on September 7, personnel procedures were basically completed, and financial compensation for independent career selection was granted in accordance with regulations. We would like to express our deep respect for Comrade Liu Xiang's act of kindness by donating all of his salary income since April 2015 for landslide relief in Geelong, Tibet! The city's athlete placement work is carried out in accordance with the relevant policies on personnel management and placement of retired athletes of the state and public institutions in the city. Organizational placement and independent career selection are the two placement methods stipulated in the policy. Over the past ten years, the city has retired and resettled nearly 1,000 athletes, including more than 10 athletes who have won Olympic championships and world championships. We will continue to take good care of all retired athletes, including Liu Xiang, and wish them continued success on the new track of their lives! We will carefully absorb opinions and suggestions from various parties, continuously optimize the city's retirement athlete placement policy, improve the athlete transformation and development support system, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of retired athletes. We sincerely thank all sectors of the community for their concern and supervision of the sports industry and the placement of retired athletes.

On September 10, the official WeChat press conference of the Shanghai Sports Administration held a response to Liu Xiang's retirement and placement. The details are as follows. Comrade Liu Xiang is an outstanding track and field athlete in China. He is also a meritorious athlete who has engraved the history of Shanghai, and has made outstanding contributions to the sports industry. Earlier, after in-depth communication with Liu Xiang himself, he provided organization placement directions, including the head of the athletics center, technical director, and sports colleges. In the end, Liu Xiang chose to choose his own career, and we fully respected him. On September 1, Liu Xiang submitted an application form for voluntary career selection and signed a relevant agreement; on September 7, personnel procedures were basically completed, and financial compensation for independent career selection was granted in accordance with regulations. We would like to express our deep respect for Comrade Liu Xiang's act of kindness by donating all of his salary income since April 2015 for landslide relief in Geelong, Tibet! The city's athlete placement work is carried out in accordance with the relevant policies on personnel management and placement of retired athletes of the state and public institutions in the city. Organizational placement and independent career selection are the two placement methods stipulated in the policy. Over the past ten years, the city has retired and resettled nearly 1,000 athletes, including more than 10 athletes who have won Olympic championships and world championships. We will continue to take good care of all retired athletes, including Liu Xiang, and wish them continued success on the new track of their lives! We will carefully absorb opinions and suggestions from various parties, continuously optimize the city's retirement athlete placement policy, improve the athlete transformation and development support system, and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of retired athletes. We sincerely thank all sectors of the community for their concern and supervision of the sports industry and the placement of retired athletes.