There are rumors about Qiao Bin leaving the national team. Huang Yuxiang is still around, perhaps his current WR25 , which means he can play any WTS events, allow him to skip certain low level tournaments early in the year according to his needs and priorities, such as to play the CBSL, go for the winter training more fully with little disruption.
But I noticed Lin Dan's name in the THA Masters in January, my guess is that he wants to raise his world ranking or prevent it from sliding too much; similarly for a few others like Gao Fangjie, Zhang Yiman.