《中国体育百年图志》是一部大型体育史料图册，图文并茂，内容详实，涉及面广，跨度长，从不同侧面呈现了中国古代直到近现代体育运动发展的艰难历程，在中国体育运动史料方面，弥补了我国在体育史研究方面的缺憾。这部图书宣传了中国的体育发展史、文化史，推广并弘扬了中国体育文化，宣扬了奥运精神，是一部迎接2022年冬奥会的奥运图书，具有重要的对外宣传价值。
Li Runbo is an outstanding collector of old newspapers and periodicals. The historical materials on sports he has collected cover a rich variety of activities over a long period. In the past ten years or so, he has written many books and articles. Particularly during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, he achieved remarkable results in sports publicity using his vast collection. In 2007, the magazines China Archives and Beijing Archives provided special for Li Runbo’s columns to introduce the history of China sports. He also staged a thematic exhibition of historical materials to welcome the Olympic Games in Beijing Municipal Party Committee Building and at 26 Olympic Squares. He wrote a 30,000-word article on sports history published in the Beijing Olympic Times jointly organized by Xinhua News Agency and Beijing Organizing Committee for the Olympic Games (BOCOG), and that article was reprinted in media in 48 cities around the country. Upon invitation, he gave lectures on the history of China sports in Beijing Sport University, Wuhan University and other institutions of higher education. That same year, he also wrote the book Records and Maps of a Century Chinese Sports, a project of the Chinese Overseas Publishing House. This book, with a rich text and pictures, is collected by many units such as the National Library of China, the Central Archives, Capital Library of China, Hebei Library, China Sports Museum, and the leading newspaper People''s Daily.
Ten years has passed since those heady days. Now, we have invited Mr. Li Runbo to create another masterpiece Illustrated Handbook on China Sports in the Past More than 100 Years with an English version. Covering a wide range of sports and long time span, this book has been made possible by the author’s unremitting efforts. We hereby extend gratitude to him for his new contribution to study of the proud history of China sports.
CONTENTS
Preface
Chapter 1 Sports in the Late Qing Dynasty and the Period of the Republic of China
Section 1 Overview of Sports in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China
Section 2 Introduction of Western Sports to China
Section 3 Large Sports Meetings in the Republic of China Era
Section 4 International Competitions During the Republic of China Period
Chapter 2 Sports in the Revolutionary Bases
Chapter 3 Sports after the Founding of the People’s Republic of China
Section 1 Overview
Section 2 Workers'' Sports Meetings in the Early Years of the PRC
Section 3 Sports Meetings of the PRC
Section 4 Ping-pong Diplomacy
Section 5 Sports Publications in the Early Days of the People’s Republic of China
Chapter 4 Participation of China in the Olympic Games
Section 1 Major Olympic Events
Section 2 Champions of the People’s Republic of China
Section 3 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Section 4 Successful Bid for Hosting 2022 Winter Olympics
Postscript
