The Australian National Policy on Women and Girls in Sport and Its Implication to China

National Policy on Women and Girls in Sport,Recreation and Physical Activity1999—2002issued by the Australia is one of the first women's sports policies in the world.It was drawn up by the authorities,promulgated nationally,formulated and implemented by multiple departments.This paper studied Australian women's sports policies by diachronically analyzing the core policies and their effects in practice,the research methods employed including literature review,interview,and comparative analysis.The results show that the Australian women's sports policy emphasizes the following aspects:prioritizing gender equality to guarantee women's rights in sports participation;promoting publicity to build the cultural atmosphere for women to participate in sports activities;valuing the joint efforts of various sectors and departments in the development and implementation of policies.;Taking various measures to change to change people's cognitive attitudes toward women's sports activity rather than through mandatory ways.Implications:to draw up the specialized women's sports policy as soon as possible in China from a cross-sector perspective;to create a sporting humanistic environment to encourage women and girls to fully participate in sports activities;to promote social sports institutes to involve in the establishment and implement of women's sports policies;to detail women's sports policies of our country and attach great importance to the development of the suite of services;to strengthen the publicity and media coverage of women sports in China;to encourage academic research in the field of women's sports science.