Tabitha Chawinga was on target in Jiangsu Suning's 3-2 win over Hebei China Fortune in a Chinese Women's Super League opener at the Kunming Haigeng Sports Training Base on Sunday.
The Malawi international was instrumental in Jiangsu's title success last season, scoring 12 goals in 14 league outings to claim the golden boot, and also retained the CWSL Player of the Year gong.
The Nanjing-based outfit continued from where they left off the last campaign as defender Wang Xiaoxue opened the scoring for the champions with a fine header.
The holders doubled the lead moment later when Ni Mengjie's struck a delightful solo goal for the second of the match.