Many players born in later than 1997 aren't in because they will be in the junior teams for U21 matches of 2017 National Games.
(Such as: Hu Ming-yuan, Sun Hai-ping (both in Liaoning), Liu Meng-yao, Jin Ye (both in Beijing) and so on)
Inactive: Liu Cong-cong (for disease, MB of Bayi), Ye Shu-ting (libero of Bayi)
retired: Leng Wei, Yang Dong-mei, Yin Jie (all of Sichuan), Wu Bei, Chen Si-jie (both of Shanghai), Han Xu, Liu Ya (both of Beijing)
Whether Xue Ming and Zhang Xian return or not is still a doubt.