ABSTRACT
This chapter generalizes the sports policies and development for the masses from a historical perspective, which is divided into the following stages: 1949–1957, 1958–1976, 1977–1994, 1995–2013, and 2014–2021. China's sports policies have been transformed through following stages: emphasis on mass sports, both mass sports and elite sports are important, elite sports priority, and coordination and development of mass sports and elite sports. In the sports policy text, it had stated many times that the purpose of sports was to promote the physical and mental health of the people and enrich the cultural life of the people, reflecting the policy's impact on people's own concerns. To better implement the sports policies of the masses in China, Liu Hongjian suggests balancing the economic interests in the implementation of the mass sports policy and regulating local mass sports in a legal way, and improving sports organization.
