(1.School of Physical Education,Liaoning Normal University,Dalian 116029,China;2.Department of Physical Education,Zibo Normal College,Zibo 255100,China;3.Beijing Sport University,Beijing 100084,China;4.School of Physical Education,Dalian University,Dalian 116622,China) Abstract: Mass sport is closely related to social development. At present, the Chinese society is in a period of social transition. In such a special historical period, according to the theory of product nature, mass sport in China is pro-vided with the nature of both public article and personal article, being the mixture of the sports undertaking and sports industry. At current stage mass sport presents its own characteristics: value orientation and physical en-hancement are still the mainstream; dual management systems exist concurrently; urban and rural areas show the sign of polarization; sports groups in public sports venues are mainly the elderly; middle age females become the main force for fitness entertainment consumption; the efficiency of sports development in rural areas is low; sport in small towns is booming. Key words: mass sport;sports system;China |