Re-Employment of Retired Athletes in China |
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| Authors: | Zheng Liu Ying Lu |
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| Institution: | 1. College of Physical Education, Southwest University, Chongqing, Chinalzhswu@126.com;3. School of Physical Education, Sichuan Institute of Industrial Technology, Deyang, China |
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| Abstract: | AbstractMost countries across the world are facing one problem: how to provide support to retired athletes and help them in re-employment. Different countries have different solutions. Study of the retirement and re-employment of professional athletes in China will help us to understand the differences between it and other countries in dealing with this issue. It will also reveal how China’s elite sport system works and how the government played its part in managing and supporting the athletes. This paper studies the formation and implementation of government policies in relation to the re-employment of retired athletes and points out that the Chinese Government plays an important role in providing financial and human resource support for them. However, the policies have also had some shortcomings. For example, the government takes too much of the burden. Only elite athletes who won medals at important national and international sporting events could get solid support after retirement and most of the athletes who failed to make it to the top were neglected by the government. |
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| Keywords: | Retired athletes re-employment China elite sport policy |
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