In the 2008 league season Beijing Huaqi Information Digital Technology Co., Ltd. decided to change the club's name to Beijing Aigo to reflect their ownership of the Aigo brand. In the following season, the club signed a new one year sponsorship for 3 million Yuan, which changed the club's name to Beijing Guirenniao. When this sponsorship ended at the beginning of the 2010 league season the club would be in a financial precarious situation that required the Beijing Sports Bureau to step in with a 400 million Yuan investment. The departure of Cao Xiandong as coach further exacerbated the situation and Zhang Ning was appointed to help the club avoid relegation. After avoiding relegation at the beginning of the 2011 league season the club were able to regain a sponsorship contract with sports manufacturer 361 ° International Limited for 5.5 million Yuan, which resulted in a change of name to Beijing 361 ° Students. Throughout this the club have continued to further move into the realm of professionalism with the inclusion of professional foreign imports such as Dutch-born Raphael Maitimo. However the club still stuck to their Collegiate roots by competing within the 2011 Summer Universiade and even 2015 Summer Universiade games despite the exclusions of many of their fully professional players as well as the significant shift of ownership with Xinyuan Real Estate becoming their second largest shareholder on 9 April 2015.