| （Finance &Trade Department，Hubei Social Science Academy，Wuhan 430077，China) Abstract: The author carried out a comparative analysis on the ways and paths of rural sports transition of Guanqiao Group 8 in Hubei and Zhangjiang Town in Shanghai in the central and eastern areas of China, and found that the ways and paths of rural sports transition in the central and eastern areas were significantly different: the way of rural sports transition of Guanqiao Group 8 went through such 3 stages as inductive transition, compulsive transition, inductive and compulsive transition dynamically combined development, its transition path depended on the implementation of the household contract responsibility system, the rapid rising of enterprises organized by groups, the developing of new urbanization, and the involving of related interest departments; while the way of rural sports transition of Zhangjiang Town changed from inductive transition to compulsive transition mandated by the government, its transition path de-pended on the rapid development of urbanization and the initiative organization and management of the government. Accordingly, the author pointed out that rural sports transition was affected by the level, stage and mode of urbanization as well as government authorities, and put forward the following suggestions for rural sports development in China the process of urbanization in the future: speed up the process of urbanization; exert rational and effective government functions; establish model demonstration; learn from the experiences of developed areas etc.
Key words: sports management；rural sports；way and path of transition；urbanization；Guanqiao Group 8；Zhangjiang Town |
