By employing relevant theories in new institutional economics , the author analyzed institutional reform of competitive sports in china , and drew the following conclusions : institutional reform of competitive sports in china is essentially a sort of institutional transition ; the main body of institutional transition is various interest groups ; the driving force of institutional transition comes from the gaming between various interest groups ; in order to realize institutional innovation of competitive sports , we should overcome " path - dependency " , and should combine inductive institutional transition with compulsive institutional transition to boost institutional transition 摘要運(yùn)用新制度經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)相關(guān)理論對(duì)中國(guó)競(jìng)技體育體制改革進(jìn)行分析,認(rèn)為競(jìng)技體育體制改革實(shí)質(zhì)上是一種制度變遷;制度變遷的主體是各利益集團(tuán);制度變遷的動(dòng)力來(lái)自各利益集團(tuán)的博弈;實(shí)現(xiàn)競(jìng)技體育制度創(chuàng)新要打破“路徑依賴” ,將誘致性制度變遷與強(qiáng)制性制度變遷相結(jié)合推進(jìn)制度變遷。