Abstract: Based on the analysis of the current situation of counterpart sports assistance in China by means of literature, expert interviews, field study, the present paper explores the principles and programs for China's counterpart sports assistance under the benefit compensation mechanism. It is found that the benefit compensation mechanism plays an important role in eliminating the donors’ fatigue, promoting receivers’ ideological transformation and increasing the life span of the aid materials in the normalization of sports assistance. Counterpart sports assistance in China should follow the principles of reproduction, appropriateness, fairness and efficiency, advancing step by step, and differentiated treatment. Indirect compensation method can be adopted in a proper way. Under the benefit compensation mechanism, China's counterpart sports assistance can be advanced by strengthening policy support, speeding up the construction of compensation mechanism with benefit compensation fund as its core, and strengthening the construction of sports aiders’ reproductive capacity.

Key words: counterpart sports assistance, normalization, benefit compensation mechanism