General Administration of Sport of China
| 国家体育总局 | |
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 Headquarters in 2022 | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 1952 |
| Jurisdiction |  China |
| Headquarters | 2 Tiyuguan Road, Dongcheng District, Beijing |
| Agency executive |
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| Parent agency | State Council |
| Website | www |
| General Administration of Sport of China | ||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 国家体育总局 | |||
| Traditional Chinese | 國家體育總局 | |||
| Literal meaning | National Sports General Administration | |||
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The General Administration of Sport (Chinese: 国家体育总局; pinyin: Guójiā Tǐyù Zǒngjú) is the government agency responsible for sports in China. It is subordinate to the State Council of China. It also administers the All-China Sports Federation and Chinese Olympic Committee.[1]
The agency is currently led by minister Gao Zhidan.
History
[edit]In the 1950s, the State Physical Culture and Sports Commission under General He Long conducted sports exchanges with the Soviet Union and eastern Europe.[2]: 139
During the Cultural Revolution, in 1966, China's national teams stopped training and withdrew from all international events.[2]: 139
In 1968, the commission was placed under the People's Liberation Army and General Lin Biao.[2]: 139
In 1970, China's national teams began competing again.[2]: 139 The first major international event a Chinese team participated in since 1966 was the World Table Tennis Championship in Nagoya, Japan, which ultimately led to the ping-pong diplomacy with the United States.[2]: 139
In 1972, the commission was removed from PLA control.[2]: 139 The commission was tasked with facilitating sports diplomacy.[2]: 139 In 1974, it exchanged 172 groups of 3,200 athletes with eighty other countries, most of them in the Third World.[2]: 139
In June 2017, due to improper "re-accommodation" of the chief coach Guoliang Liu, 4 players and 2 coaches in Chinese National Table Tennis Team declared to leave the 2017 ITTF World Tour Chinese Open.[3][4]
List of directors
[edit]| Name | Chinese name | Took office | Left office | Ref. |
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| He Long | 贺龙 | November 1952 | January 1968 | [2]: 139 |
| Cao Cheng | 曹诚 | 1968 | 1971 | |
| Wang Meng | 王猛 | July 1971 | December 1974 | |
| Zhuang Zedong | 庄则栋 | December 1974 | February 1977 | |
| Wang Meng | 王猛 | February 1977 | August 1981 | |
| Li Menghua | 李梦华 | August 1981 | December 1988 | |
| Wu Shaozu | 伍绍祖 | December 1988 | April 2000 | |
| Yuan Weimin | 袁伟民 | April 2000 | December 2004 | |
| Liu Peng | 刘鹏 | December 2004 | November 2016 | |
| Gou Zhongwen | 苟仲文 | November 2016 | July 2022 | |
| Gao Zhidan | 高志丹 | 29 July 2022 | present |
See also
[edit]- Chinese sportspeople
- China at the Olympics
- China at the Paralympics
- Sport in Hong Kong
- Culture of China
- National Games of China
- National Peasants' Games
- 2008 Summer Olympics
References
[edit]- ^ "The State General Administration of Sport". 2008-09-07. Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2020-05-08.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Minami, Kazushi (2024). People's Diplomacy: How Americans and Chinese Transformed US-China Relations during the Cold War. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press. ISBN 9781501774157.
- ^ 中国赛国乒选手相继退赛,樊振东后许昕宣布退出 (in Chinese). 乐视体育. 2017-06-23. Archived from the original on 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
- ^ General Administration of Sport (2017-06-23). 体育总局: 男乒运动员擅自弃赛极其错误 将严肃处理 (in Chinese). QQ News. Archived from the original on 2020-11-16. Retrieved 2017-06-23.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Chinese)
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