ABSTRACT
China's selection system for athletes with disabilities is in line with the actual situation, capturing the characteristics of each stage of development, changing and improving the process of practice, and promoting China to become a world power in competitive sports with disabilities with its unique advantages. In the 1980s, China's sports system for disabled athletes was in its infancy. Prior to the development of a national organisational structure most disabled athletes were selected on an ad hoc basis. In the 1980s, Yunnan Province was at the forefront of the development of competitive sports for people with disabilities in China. Since 1992, the competent body for the cause of the disabled in China has been the China Disabled Persons’ Federation, which is responsible for the overall promotion of the cause of the disabled in China, with the Department of Propaganda and Culture in charge of sports for the disabled.
