TY - CHAP
T1 - Preschool Children's Sports Policy Development and Health Since the Reform and Opening Up in China
AU - Lau, Patrick W C
AU - Song, Huiqi
AU - Yin, Li
AU - Huang, Ava Xingmeng
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 selection and editorial matter, Fan Hong and Liu Li; individual chapters, the contributors.
PY - 2023/6/29
Y1 - 2023/6/29
N2 - Early childhood is the most critical and rapid period of complete and healthy motor and cognitive development in human life. On the basis of a review of the content design of the governmental documents on preschool children's sports policies over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the characteristics and problems of the evolution of early childhood sport policies at different historical stages are worthy of exploration. This chapter aims to describe the current situation of preschool children's motor skills, physical activity, and physical fitness; review the preschool children sports policy in China since the reform and opening up; analyse the characteristics of the sports policy; and make recommendations to promote the sport and health in Chinese preschoolers. The timeline of preschool sport policy development spans over 40 years since the reform and opening up of the country, and it is the period of history with the greatest number of policy changes, adjustments, and impacts.
AB - Early childhood is the most critical and rapid period of complete and healthy motor and cognitive development in human life. On the basis of a review of the content design of the governmental documents on preschool children's sports policies over the past 40 years of reform and opening up, the characteristics and problems of the evolution of early childhood sport policies at different historical stages are worthy of exploration. This chapter aims to describe the current situation of preschool children's motor skills, physical activity, and physical fitness; review the preschool children sports policy in China since the reform and opening up; analyse the characteristics of the sports policy; and make recommendations to promote the sport and health in Chinese preschoolers. The timeline of preschool sport policy development spans over 40 years since the reform and opening up of the country, and it is the period of history with the greatest number of policy changes, adjustments, and impacts.
UR - https://www.routledge.com/Routledge-Handbook-of-Sport-in-China/Hong-Li/p/book/9781003204015
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85162641845&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.4324/9781003204015-29
DO - 10.4324/9781003204015-29
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781032068206
SN - 9781032068220
T3 - Routledge International Handbooks
SP - 196
EP - 207
BT - Routledge Handbook of Sport in China
A2 - Hong, Fan
A2 - Li, Liu
PB - Routledge
CY - New York; Oxon
ER -