Hunan Province, The Implementation Of The National Fitness Program "investigation And Countermeasures

In June 1995, the State Council issued the standards named "The Essentials of Nationwide Physical Fitness Plan" (hereinafter referred to as "the Essentials"), which was regarded as one of the important milestones in the history of sports growth in P. R. China. The launch of the Essentials has great impact on not only the improvement of people's physical quality but also the development of public physical exercises services (hereinafter called "PPES") in China. However, there are some major problems in Hunan province such as the unsuitable management and the severe shortage of facilities, funds and qualified instructors for PPES. What we urgently need to solve these problems is to search a suitable strategy with the combination of practice and theories related in the realm of public management.This paper is composed of 4 parts. First and foremost, with the investigation before and after the implementation of the Essentials, by comparing the situation of Hunan province with the national demand from four systems of nationwide physical fitness (hereinafter called NPF) named "organization and management"; "technical instruction"; "guarantee and stimulus" and "scientific instruction", by using public management theories related such as design of organizations; management of profitless organizations and demand theories etc., the origin of its problem is analyzed and a full and systematic understanding of the current conditions, features and rules of PPES in Hunan is presented in this paper. Moreover, this paper points out not only the remarkable achievements but also the major problems in Hunan. Last but not least, to solve the problems above-mentioned, this paper sets the goal and strategies for continuous development of the next stage. It provides the government with objective basis on how to strengthen the further management and improve conditions of PPES, also on how the Essentials can be more effective in Hunan.The "innovations" of this paper are: It's the first time to launch a full investigation into current situation of NPF in Hunan; and on the basis of such an investigation, it's the first time to outline a basic frame of NPF system with Hunan provincial features, which provides the government with the practical and quantifiable quota for NPF implementation in Hunan as well as the feasible and decision-making basis on how to put the short-term and long-range NPF plans into effect.