ABSTRACT
In an attempt to ensure the smooth development of modern Chinese sport, Wu and Que in Knuttgen (1990) describe how the All China Sports Promotion Association was formed in Nanjing in 1924. Its tasks were: to conduct exchanges on sport issues with other nations; to draw up rules for various amateur sports; to organize regional soccer matches; and to host the Far East Games in China. Zhou (1991) describes how, in addition to the establishment of a Guiding Commission of Physical Education in Nanjing in 1927 and the issuing of National Sports Regulations in 1929, the government also established a Sports Committee in 1932 under the Ministry of Education to be responsible for guidance and supervision. In addition, the first national physical education conference was convened in 1932, and the government assumed responsibility through the China National Athletic Association for the sponsorship of the 4th to 10th National Athletic Meets (Pendleton 1984). Van Dalen and Bennett (1971) indicate that official regulations to establish playgrounds were promulgated in 1939 and, in 1942, the Ministry of Education authorized the formation of provincial and municipal PE committees.
