Without a club, An Qi would move to reigning league champions Changchun Yatai where he played understudy to Zong Lei, however before he could challenge for the goalkeeper position he suffered a knee ligament break where he would decide to go to Belgium to receive surgery and causing him to miss the entire 2008 league season.
Although the team of Hong Kong is officially named Hong Kong, it loaned 6 players from Dalian Shide, including Zhang Enhua, Hao Haidong, Li Ming, Wang Pang, An Qi and Li Yao.