 Back within the top division Guangzhou often struggled within the league and were again relegated to the second tier at the end of the 1963 league season.They remained there until 1966 when the Cultural Revolution halted football in China.When the Chinese football league restarted, Guangzhou took the unusual step of abstaining from the competition and instead on 26 October 1977 brought Luo Rongman to manage in their development of their youth team.