The Bottleneck of the Development of Community Sport in Shanghai

Abstract

This study was aimed to explore the governmental functions in meeting citizen’s demand in community sport services in Shanghai. Features, characteristics and major causes of community sport were studied by employing methods including literature review, questionnaire survey and expert interview. Shanghai community sport is characterized by spontaneity and participation; the major problems were involved in all sport population, poorly-received sport consumption, and uneven structure of sport consumption; the laggard laws and single funds input were also observed. To break-through the bottleneck of community sport, the following modalities should be employed: 1) Improving organizations for mass exercise training; 2) Taking advantage of current sport facilities to solve sport venues shortage; 3) Governing Sport with laws, promoting exercise training industrialization.4) Developing citizens’ sport awareness, improving citizens’ training abilities.5) The government should increase supportive policies, investment and provide legal basis for community Sport.