Sports is a complicated social and cultural phenomenon. It is a conscious, purposeful and organized social activity that takes physical and intellectual activities as the basic means, promotes people's all-round development, improves their physical fitness and all-round education level, strengthens their physical fitness and sports ability, improves their lifestyle and improves their quality of life according to the laws of people's growth and development, skill formation and function improvement.

With the expansion of international exchanges, the scale and level of sports development has become an important symbol to measure the development and progress of a country and society, and also an important means of diplomatic and cultural exchanges between countries. Sports can be divided into mass sports, professional sports and school sports, including sports culture, sports education, sports activities, sports competitions, sports facilities, sports organizations and sports science and technology.