Social Dynamics and Historical Experience of Women’s Sport over the Past 70 Years in New China

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China 70 years ago, great achievements and profound changes have taken place in women's sports in China. Taking the social dynamics of women's sports development as the starting point, this paper analyzes how social systems, sports systems and gender systems have promoted women's sport in different historical stages. By reviewing the historical experience and the approaches, it discusses the historical mission, political mission, social needs and cultural symbols behind women's achievements and the sports reformation. The research thinks that from“physical liberation”to“national construction”, from“factory and field”to“international stadium”, from“passive participation”to“active involvement”, women's sport in China is instructed by socialist feminism and Marxist sports thoughts with its own unique development path. In addition,from policy incentives to endogenous needs, women's sport has inspired female power. The vigorous development of women's sports reflects the formation of an equal, pluralistic and inclusive society in China. The continual advancement of women's sports in China needs to change from empowering women to enabling women, gather women's collective powers, respect differences with balanced development, and give full play to the social value of“humanistic care”in women's sport while developing women's market value.