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

Journal of Chengdu Sport University ›› 2023, Vol. 49 ›› Issue (6): 153-160.doi: 10.15942/j.jcsu.2023.06.020

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From "Mass sports" to "National Fitness"——the Evolution of and Thinking on the Sport-for-All View in China from the Perspective of Conceptual Evolution

WANG Shangfei, HAO Qin   

  1. Chengdu Sport University, Chengdu Sichuan 610041
  • Received:2023-03-05 Revised:2023-10-15 Online:2023-11-15 Published:2023-12-27

Abstract: In the development process of modern sports in China, the concepts such as "mass sports", "social sports" and "national fitness" have been used in different historical periods and stages, and these concepts are still used interchangeably today. The article examined the evolution and contextual semantics of such concepts as "mass sports", "social sports", "national fitness" and "sport for all", and found that these different concepts reveal the different ideologies and foci of mass sports activities in China in different historical periods and stages, and are both similar to and different from the internationally accepted concept of "sport for all". It is recommended that the concept of "national fitness" should be given priority in domestic communication, and concepts such as "mass sports", "social sports" and "sport for all" can be used in certain conventional occasions. In international communication and academic exchanges, the term "sport for all" can be used.

Key words: mass sports, social sports, national fitness, sport for all, contextual meaning

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