Abstract: England footballis in an awkward situation: the professionalleague runs well, while the national team's performance is not satisfactory. In order to change the situation, England has adopted the top-level designed"Elite Player Performance Plan" to promote clubs' echelon construction. In order to broaden China's vision on echelon construction of professional football clubs and improve the players training quality, this present paper analyses the overall guideline, echelon construction stages and level division, and the key work of the "Elite Player Performance Plan" by means of literature review and comparison. The enlightenment on the echelon construction of Chinese professional football clubs includes: working out top-level design, implementing scientific management, carrying out training in a scientific way, strengthening the protection of adolescents' rights and interests, and improving coaches' level.

Key words: Elite Player Performance Plan, professional football club, echelonconstruction, youth training camp