“公众理解科学”是指对科学概念、科学知识、科学研究过程与科学技术应用的理解,其核心内涵是对科学的自主参与、自主选择、能动掌握。公众理解科学的缺失,将影响人们对休闲体育的进一步认识,制约人们休闲观念的更新,削弱公众参与休闲体育的效果,影响休闲体育产业的良性发展。在休闲体育发展过程中,必须提升公众理解科学的层次,才能顺应科学发展观,更好地促进中国休闲体育的可持续发展。 “Public understanding of science ” refers to the understanding of the concept of science, scientific knowledge, scientific research process and the application of science and technology. Its core connotation is the independent participation of science, independent choice and mastering. Public understanding of the lack of science will affect people’s further understanding of leisure sports, restrain people’s renewal of leisure ideas, weaken the public’s participation in leisure sports, and affect the healthy development of leisure sports. In the process of the development of leisure sports, we must enhance public understanding of the level of science in order to comply with the scientific concept of development and better promote the sustainable development of China’s leisure sports.