ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces the development of leisure sports in China from 1978 to the present. According to the time when the relevant contents of China's leisure sports industry policy appeared, the development process of leisure sports policy in China can be divided into four stages: starting stage (1978-1991), exploration stage (1992-2001), deepening stage (2002-2015), and rapidly developing stage (2016 to the present). As a significant part of leisure sports, outdoor sports have attracted more and more people since 2000. Car racing sports and cycling sports have attracted more and more fans in China. Consistent with the timeline, special sports activities include two kinds, fashion sports and traditional sports. Traditional sports include martial arts, dragon boat, dragon and lion dance, and some intangible sports heritage activities. Leisure sports represent a new form of physical activity, which are different from the concept of traditional sports. It is closely related to competitive and mass sports.
