Abstract: The paper adopts the research methods of literature, questionnaire, interview, mathematical statistics, etc. to research the situation of supply and demand of public sports services in the ten economically underdeveloped cities in Anhui involving their facilities, fitness guidance, information, organization, activities, the national physique monitoring, policies and regulations. The result reveals such defects existing in public sports services in these areas as insufficient supply, ill-match with masses' demand, imbalance between supply and demand, imperfection of the supply mechanism, etc. The paper thus suggests that we should strengthen financial investment to promote the equality of public sports services, improve the supply mechanism and modes gradually, fully mobilize the enthusiasm of enterprises, individuals and non-profit organizations so as to establish a multi-supply center of public sports services.

Key words: underdeveloped areas, public sports service, demand, supply