(School of Physical Education,South China Normal University,Guangzhou 510006,China) Abstract: The authors analyzed the current development situation and industrial structure characteristics of the sports industry in China, and put forward the following opinions: sports industry development in China is in a good situation, having formed a good momentum of multi-business rapid development driven by the competitive per-formance industry and the fitness & leisure industry and supported by the sports goods industry; however, in the process of sports industry development in China, there are still problems such as imperfect industry structure, not high degree of domestic sports game professionalization, branding and commercialization, etc. The authors pro-posed to boost the rapid development of the sports fitness & leisure industry and the sports competitive performance industry, promote the transforming, upgrading and multi-business blending of the sports industry in China, form sports brands, and enhance the core competitiveness of the sports industry in China, by means of speeding up sports management system reform, optimizing sports industrial structure, developing sports service industrial consumption, innovating on sports venue operating modes, etc. Key words: sports economics;sports industry;sports consumption;industrial structure;competitive performance industry;fitness & leisure industry;sports goods industry;new normal state;China |