Purpose of sports in China: According to the role of sports in social life and its theoretical basis, we can draw the conclusion that the fundamental purpose of sports is to enhance physical fitness, improve health, promote the all-round development of morality, intelligence, physique and beauty, improve people's lifestyle and promote the healthy and civilized development of society. First of all, "strengthening physique and improving health" embodies the essential attribute of sports and the characteristics that distinguish sports from all other social life. It contains a series of specific index systems, and can also be used as a specific index to measure the effectiveness of sports work, which is conducive to target management and guiding practice. Secondly, sports itself also contains various factors of moral education, intellectual education, physical education and aesthetic education, so sports should play an active role in promoting people's all-round development. In addition, sports should serve the construction of material civilization and spiritual civilization of the whole society, which is the requirement of the society for sports undertakings and the reflection of China's political and economic system on sports purposes. It points out the nature of sports in China and points out the direction for the development of sports in China.

The task of sports in China:

Improve health and physical fitness.

Health and physique are two different concepts, which are both different and related. Health includes the perfect state of physical, psychological and social dimensions, and is a three-dimensional concept of health. And physique is the quality of the human body, including physique, body shape and posture. Although there are obvious differences in people's physique and individual development process has obvious stages, it is influenced and restricted by congenital inheritance, acquired environment and life law. Physical exercise is an active and effective way to improve health and physique. Physical exercise can make people from weak to strong, which is an effective way to delay aging, so "improving health and strengthening physique" is the primary task of physical education teaching.

(B) improve the level of sports technology

A country's sports science and technology level reflects the development level of a country's sports cause and also reflects a country's comprehensive national strength. The technical level of sports is a comprehensive reflection of a country's politics, economy, culture, education, science and technology, and development level, and it is also the embodiment of a country and a national spirit. Therefore, countries all over the world attach great importance to the improvement of sports skills while attaching importance to people's health. Improving the technical level of sports will play a positive role in promoting the development of sports. On the one hand, the popularity of sports can enhance people's physique, on the other hand, the improvement of sports technology can guide and promote the development of sports in a broader and deeper direction. Especially people's favorite sports, such as track and field, ball games, etc., are not only international competitions, but also important contents for grass-roots schools and enterprises to carry out sports activities. Therefore, both high-level athletes and grass-roots students or workers need to improve their sports skills on the original basis.

(3) Master the exercise method

Sports method is the fundamental way to achieve sports goals. The method of exercise refers to all kinds of physical activities and methods adopted to achieve sports goals. There are countless contents and means of sports activities, but only the contents and means of sports activities taken according to the purpose, task and requirements of sports can be called sports methods.

(D) Ideological and moral education

Physical education has been an important part of education since its birth. In the social field, sports is a social activity with special significance, and improving the ideological and moral quality of the people is one of its main tasks. Sports ideological and moral education mainly includes production morality, good will quality and excellent sports style. Sports ideological and moral education is promising. Educate people to unite and struggle and carry forward the spirit of collectivism. People are open-minded and active, which can reflect the problems that are not easy to expose at ordinary times. At the same time, in the process of sports, there are also complex environmental changes and conflicts of interest between individuals, between individuals and collectives, and between collectives. This is that it is difficult for people to express their thoughts and morals at ordinary times, thus providing goals and contents for various targeted educational activities.