Abstract: By means of literature review, field investigation, etc., the present paper, based on an overall understanding of the construction contents, the construction standards, the service contents, the service scope, and the service standards of basic public sports facilities at all levels, puts forward the types of sports fields to be constructed, the construction criteria, the types of construction, the coverage rate of basic public sports facilities in different administrative regions during the period of 13^th Five-year Plan. The study suggests that: during the period of 13^th Five-year Plan, Chinese basic public sports facilities to be constructed should include both the indoor and the outdoor types, and they have two types of configuration: the basic type and the selective type. The construction program should take public stadiums, fitness centers for all, multi-functional fitness grounds, lighting ball-playing venues, cage-type sports venues, assembled swimming pools and fitness tracks trail, that is, "two forms, two types and seven kinds" as the primary fields, and in order to meet the standards for the coverage rate of public sports facilities, 70% of the counties in China should have public sports and fitness centers, 80% of the neighborhoods multi-functional fitness venues ( or cage-like ball-playing fields), 80% of the towns sports venues lighting ball-playing grounds, 100% of urban communities and administrative villages convenient sports facilities, and based on this, the construction standards and service radius of basic public sports facilities at different levels has been suggested.The study is both a reference for policy decision on and theoretical support for the State Sports Administration's macro guidance and design of public sports facilities construction program during the 13^th Five-year Plan, which aims to promote the equalization of public sports facilities between the urban and rural areas.

Key words: the 13^th Five-year Plan, basic public PE facilities, construction criterion, research, sport space