Research On Mass Sports Mobilization In Shanxi City(1949-1956)

"Health is the foundation of revolution." Good physical fitness is a basic prerequisite for the successful completion of various tasks.In the process of mobilizing the masses for sports,various levels of party organizations,government departments,sports committees,grassroots sports associations,and other units in Shanxi Province have used comprehensive,multi-level,and wide-ranging mobilization to strengthen the awareness of "health first",enabling the smooth progress of production and national defense construction and achieving phased results,thus creating a good beginning for socialist construction.During the period of Kuomintang rule,the long-standing problem of malignant inflation caused difficulties in people’s lives,continuous price increases,and a slowdown in production.Therefore,improving people’s health and living standards became one of the urgent tasks to be solved after the establishment of the new China.However,due to the influence of the bourgeois decadent consciousness and the weak sports awareness and lack of equipment of the Shanxi people,mass sports were difficult to develop smoothly.Based on reality,various levels of party organizations in Shanxi Province,in conjunction with the Provincial Sports Committee,mobilized from schools,factories,mines,government agencies,and other fields,actively encouraging people to participate in sports activities through methods such as issuing newspapers and periodicals,organizing diverse competitions and exchanges,and cultivating sports activists,which changed their previous erroneous concept of "disdaining sports and viewing sports as leisure".Through mass sports mobilization,Shanxi greatly improved production efficiency,enhanced the masses’ recognition of the Party’s leadership,promoted the recovery and development of national defense construction,but there were also shortcomings such as the single mobilization method,the need to improve organizational work,and the inadequate leadership methods of cadres.The accumulated experience in resolutely implementing the Party’s policies and relying on the masses as the fundamental driving force to achieve victory,and setting up and promoting typical models,etc.,can provide valuable enlightenment for the implementation of the development strategy of mass sports activities in the new era.Through the mobilization of mass sports activities,the people of Shanxi Province have basically restored their good physical fitness,strengthened their political identification with the Party organization,consolidated the core leadership position of the Communist Party of China,and ensured the effective operation of social production.At the same time,it also has important value for organizing and mobilizing the masses to build a modern sports power and develop mass sports to realize the Chinese dream of national rejuvenation.