Comparative Study Of Mass Sport Between Weifang City Of China And Cork City Of Ireland

Nearly half a century, along with the rapid development of economic, changes in the way of labor and greatly improvement in material living standards, lifestyle of people of the whole world has a lot of changes. The demand for leisure has been raised by the increase of leisure time. At the same time, due to the change of diet, intake of high-fat and high-calorie food have been increased. The emergences of diseases of modern civilization endanger people's health. Therefore, these situations attracts the attention of governments, mass sport has emerged.There are many ways to carry out mass sport. This study mainly analysis people in China and Ireland how to participate in mass sports activities, and what is the difference in performance. Through a comparative study of these two cases, results of analysis are about the choice, frequency of sports activities, sports venues, sports concepts and so on. And also analyzes the difference of the integration of college sports and mass sports in the two counties, and differences between the two sports management system organization.On the basis of understanding the differences, reasons which lead to the differences can be analyzed. Rroot reasons lay in the social factors, cultural factors, economic factors and sports media.Here are the conclusions and recommendations. First of all, the conclusion of this study certified the previous studies. Cork has the similar characteristics of the development of mass sport of other western developed countries. The only difference is the pivotal role that Gaelic Athletic Association plays in Ireland's mass sport development. Secondly, recommendations are as follows:1. suggest establishing a similar organization of Gaelic Athletic Association in China;2. to improve the fitness awareness of Chinese people;3. to improve Chinese mass sports management system;4. legislate laws and regulations of mass sport;5. attach importance to the role of school sports;6. attach importance to the role of sports media;7. develop the people-oriented sports public service system.