Abstract: Depending on ordinal logistic regression, this paper analyzes the China’s comprehensive social data and researches the factors influencing Chinese citizens’ sport involvement. The research result indicates that the following factors generate significant influences, the ages, the working hours, the social classes, the genders, the nationalities, the education level, the occupations and the health conditions. On the other hand, economic situations and marital status produce little influence.

Key words: Chinese citizens, sports participation, influence factors