Study on the Measurement and Evaluation of Intelligent Public Sports Service Development Levels

Promoting intelligent development of public sports services is of great significance for building a higher-level national fitness public service system and meeting the public’s aspirations for a better and healthier life. Through literature research, Delphi method, and entropy weight-TOPSIS model, building on a clear delineation of the connotation and extension of intelligent development of public sports services, grounded in the RTOE theory, this study establishes a comprehensive evaluation index system (4 primary, 9 secondary, 19 tertiary indicators and metrics) for a holistic measurement and systematic evaluation of the intelligent development level of public sports services. Findings reveal: China’s current progress remains suboptimal, displaying an “inverted U-shaped” hierarchical distribution, with organizational and technological dimensions prioritized over resource and environmental aspects; Regional disparities mirror socioeconomic gaps among eastern, central, western, and northeastern regions, declining stepwise along the Hu Huanyong Line, rooted in inter-regional inequalities. Recommendations include narrowing intra- and inter-regional gaps through regional coordinated development strategies, exploring a cross-regional “assistance and capacity-building” mechanism, and accelerating the refinement of top-level design and institutional safeguards.