Abstract: This study selected 48 copies about the athlete culture education policy text of central level and 25 copies of the effective parts about the currency local level between 1949 and 2018, using the theory of policy system to analyze the Numbers, subjects, themes and effectiveness of these policies. It reveals the main progress evolution characteristics and shortage of Chinese athletes' cultural and educational policy in the 70 years since the founding of the people's Republic of China. From lack of policy making to relative improvement, the training objectives need to meet the needs of the society; Policy content from relevant to specific, the scope of policy themes needs to be further expanded; Policy implementation from regulation to support, the binding force of sports administrative body is weak; Policy evaluation from physical education to education; lack of reward and punishment mechanism for cultural and educational work. Based on this, optimization strategies were put forward such as facing up to the student identity of athletes and accurately positioning the objectives of athletes talent training objectives; Establishment of cultural and educational governance system and promoting athletes' training to return to the national education system; reforming the curriculum structure of cultural education and dredging the channels of athletes' entering and employment;enhancing the effectiveness of legal policy texts and improving the two-level supervision mechanism of culture and education .

Key words: New era, Athletes, Cultural education, Policy effectiveness