(1.College of Physical Education,Sichuan Normal University,Chengdu 610068,China;2.College of Physical Education,Southwest University,Chongqing 400715,China) Abstract: The evolution of the structure of consumption in six categories of rural residents acts on the mass sports undertaking from different aspects: 1) the form of consumption in food and apparel category has been transformed from “moderately livable type” to “comfortably livable type”, which provides preconditions for the development of mass sport; 2) the proportion of expenses on consumption in housing category is too high, which has restricted the popularization of mass sport in rural areas; 3) the change of consumption in household equipment and service cate-gory is slow, which has obstructed the raise of sports consumption level; 4) expenditure in medical and fitness cate-gory is gradually increased, which has boosted the formation of a new value view of rural residents and the sharp-ening of their awareness of physical exercising and fitness; 5) the development of traffic and communication en-ables rural residents to build up a good habit of physical exercising; 6) consumption in cultural education and enter-tainment supply and service category reflects that the makings of rural resident are to be further enhanced, which results in rural sports development falling behind urban sports development. Key words: mass sport;rural resident;consumption structure of residents |