By means of literature review，expert consultation，analytical comparison and experience summarization，thisarticle analyzed the role and function of government in the governance of mass sport in field-leading countries. The result shows that，even though governments in different countries play different roles in mass sport governance according to national conditions，there are some similarities. At present，the governance model of mass sport in these fielding-leading countries can be summarized as “managing sports affairs according to the law，streamlining administration and delegating more power to lower-level governments，and promoting cross-sector collaboration”. Law-based cross-sector collaboration has been widely adopted in these countries，but varied in degrees. Such governance mechanism enables the public sector，the commercial/private sector，and the third sector to full play their advantages，and to form a partnership between them. In the governance，these countries attach great importance to macro planning so as to introduce social and market forces into mass sport，and provide police and financial support as needed；on the other hand，they set up a complete administrative supervision and accountability system to ensure the healthy development of mass sport.