Purpose: This study analyzes the current state of the sports science research in Mainland China. Method: A combination of the word frequency analysis (quantitative) and the content analysis (qualitative) research techniques were employed to the articles that were collected from the Eighth China Sports Science Conference. Results: The results show 3 aspects of the research trend in the sports science research in Mainland China: Preparing for Olympics, sport technology science and the school curriculum and humanities. Conclusion: There are less number of the researches in interrelated materials between exercise performance and sport science and it also lacks of the researches in public fitness and physical monitoring, and overlooks handicap and sports science researches. It's obvious that Olympics benefit to a country, and the academic research can promote the benefits