Upgrading of national fitness as a national development strategy has brought new opportunities and changes to comprehensively deepening the reform of mass sport. In addition to that，China’s economy has entered a period of new normal，which also proposes new requirements for deepening the reform of mass sport to make China transform from “a major sports country” to “a world sports power”. In comply with the governance strategy of “four comprehensives”，deepening the reform of mass sport should start from aspects of innovating the management system and operation mechanism of mass sport，transforming government functions，and improving the public service system for promoting national fitness.

Paths and initiatives to deepen the reform of mass sport include：establish a cooperative development mechanism for national fitness at the state level；enrich and improve the working pattern of mass sport；clarify the power relationships and responsibilities of central and local governments；streamline administration，delegate more powers to lower-level government and society，improve regulation and optimize services to improve efficiency；foster and promote the development of sport organizations；better play the role of market forces in the development of national fitness；make full use of the role model of the demonstration spot；reform the system of social sport instructors；build a new platform and create a new model；construct a think-tank specialized for China’s mass sport.