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Sport has always played an important societal role in the People’s Republic of China. This chapter will examine Chinese sports systems, structure, and organizations; financing of sport; sports policy; and sports participation in the context of the dramatic transformation of Chinese society in the twenty-first century.
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The first Five Year Plan was introduced in 1953 and China is now in the 12th Five Year Plan period.
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Hong, F., Li, L., Ge, M., Zhixun, G. (2013). China. In: Hallmann, K., Petry, K. (eds) Comparative Sport Development. Sports Economics, Management and Policy, vol 8. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8905-4_14
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