| Urban community sports developed rapidly since 1980s, and it has gradually been accepted by the society. Community sports is a new concept appeared with the social development; the fast developing of urban community sports is one of the most outstanding phenomenon of mass sports development in our country after reform-and-open policy. The abundant of sports activities and their good effects in health building are attracting the large number of community members. Langfang City is in the hinterland of"Economy Ring around the Bohai Sea", having only 20 years of history as a city. With the advantage of good geographical location, it has a fairly quick development in many aspects. But how about its development in urban community sports?This research focuses on Langfang's urban community sports, making use of a combination of different approaches including literature and documents consulting, questionnaires, interviews, observations and mathematical statistics. The research covers: the status of urban community sports sites in Langfang, the situation relating to the management of urban community sports and the influencing factors in the development of Langfang's urban community sports.The research shows:1. Langfang's urban community sports show a longitudinal feature in its managing system. The function of community sports management is performed by community offices; there is no special person and department responsible for the promoting of community sports. Further improvement is needed in Langfang's community sports managing system.2. Langfang's community sports sites are mostly formed spontaneously, with volunteers as leaders. They manage mainly by themselves. Most participants are those retired and resigned from work, with more women than men in number.3. Health building is the common purpose for community dwellers'taking part in the sports, indicating their participation as a behavior with clear purpose. The option of other purposes is very small in ratio. The difficulty faced with community sports promotion is the shortage of funds and facilities. 4. Langfang's urban community sports sites are mostly in the parks, on the squares or in the open spaces around communities. The activities show the features of being traditional, health building, entertaining and grouping together. Their schedules are very regular: everyday or at a fixed interval.5. Langfang has a very high level of social sports guiders in number, with a reasonable ratio of different ranks. The great number is not all that needed, but the better qualification of those guiders. |