This chapter will examine the various routes that Chinese retired elite athletes have taken in seeking re-employment. It will focus on the history of policy making and its function in relation to the retirement and re-employment of the Chinese elite athletes. These policies are subdivided into three periods: the mandatory measures period, the transition period and the marketing measures period. Further, statistical backup will be attached to prove and analyse functions of the policy in each period.

Zhang Ling, A Study of Chinese Retired Elite Athletes’ Re-employment Policy. Frontiers in Educational Research (2019) Vol. 2: 201-207. https://doi.org/10.25236/FER.032028.

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