Guoan twice came from behind to draw 2-2 with reigning champions Shandong Luneng.

Han Peng put Shandong ahead after three minutes, and they remained in the lead until the 64th minute when Alejandro Cichero put through his own net.

Han struck again 17 minutes from the end to restore his side's advantage, but Joel Griffiths rescued a point with a goal three minutes from time to leave Shandong in fifth place with eight points.

Meanwhile, Mark Milligan's Shanghai Shenhua moved to the top of the Chinese Super League after hammering Shenzhen 4-1 at the Hongkou Stadium.

After a relatively low-key opening 45 minutes in which Yanko Valkanov put the hosts ahead after 18 minutes, Shanghai struck three goals in the second period through Wei Du, Valkanov again and Aleksander Rodic.

Fengtao Huang pulled one back for Shenzhen 14 minutes from time.

The win moved Shanghai one point clear at the top of the standings after previous leaders Tianjin Taida lost 2-0 at home to Jiangsu Shuntian.

Tan Si and Deng Zhuoxiang hit the goals for the visitors in the second half.

Tianjin dropped to second, where they are level on nine points with third-placed Beijing Guoan.