The Implementation and Controversies Surrounding"the Labor and Defense Sports System"in China in the 1950s-Centered on the New Sports(Xin tiyu)magazine
"The Labor and Defense Sports System",introduced from the Soviet Union in 1950,tested and im-plemented until its abolition in 1964,was the fundamental system of domestic physical education in the early days of People's Republic of China.Meanwhile,New Sports,the first publicly published sports mag-azine after 1949,witnessed the implementation process and fluctuating fate of the"Labor and Defense Sports System".By combining the reports from New Sports with the background of the time,this article sorts out the trial and full implementation of the"Labor and Defense Sports System"in the 1950s,explores the scientific reflections and political criticisms intertwined in the practice of the system,delves into the relationship between sports and politics reflected in the debates,as well as the interaction between national policies and grassroots practices,and discusses the practical experience formed in building a national sports system that is in line with China's reality.