主办单位:成都体育学院
ISSN 1001-9154 CN 51-1097/G8

Journal of Chengdu Sport University ›› 2021, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (3): 16-21.doi: 10.15942/j.jcsu.2021.03.003

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From "Nation Made-strong by Sports" to "Leading Sports Nation": The Hundred-Year Evolution of the Communist Party of China's View on Sports

ZHANG Jianwei, LIU Dongfeng   

  1. School of Economics and Management, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai 200438
  • Received:2021-03-07 Revised:2021-04-19 Online:2021-05-15 Published:2021-06-18

Abstract: This article takes "strong sports nation" as a progressive discourse concept. Under the leadership of the Communist Party of China over a hundred years, the history of Chinese society is embedded with clues on the formation and development of the Communist Party of China's view on sports. From the perspective of historical logic, the communists, in response to the conditions and cognitions at different social development stages, have explored and elaborated on the interaction or relationship between sports and nation, between sports and society, and between sports and country, and developed views of "strong sports nation" suitable for different historical periods. This can be seen from communists' concepts and values on sports development, and their discourse expressions in sports practice. Enlightened by modern progressive sports thoughts, guided by Marxist view on sports, and based on the practice of socialist sports road, the Communist Party of China's view on "strong sports nation" has evolved as a dynamic and developmental thought. In view of these, this present paper examines the historical evolution of the Chinese Communist Party's view on "strong sports nation" over the past hundred years and summarizes the characteristics of the Communist Party of China's discourse expressions on "strong sports nation" in different periods, so as to reveal the development track of the socialist sports road with Chinese characteristics.

Key words: the Communist Party of China, Marx's view of sports, strong sports nation, evolution logic

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