The match was played at the Olympic Stadium in Beijing on the second anniversary of the inauguration of the Olympic Games in 2008.
The corporate general director of Barcelona, Joan Oliver, has reported that the ability to play the friendly at that time "was very interesting for several European clubs."
Barcelona will play only two games in his tour of Asia: on 4 August in Seoul will play a friendly against a selection of Korean League players and four days later, will play in Beijing Guoan to the FC.