This study constructed the evaluation index system for international competitiveness of competitive sports by the methods of literature review, experts interview and analytic hierarchy process. Study screened 7 first-level indicators of competitive sports, 35 second-level indicators and 113 third-level indicators to construct an evaluation index system; based on two rounds of expert surveys and the analytic hierarchy process established by Satty et al., study constructed an evaluation index system for international competitiveness of competitive sports, which covered 6 first-level indicators, 21 second-level indicators and 57 third-level indicators. Research suggested that China promulgated the measures in the following aspects, including the guiding policy of sports development, omni-directional development layout, optimizing and consolidating the traditional superiority sports event group, mining new dominant sports event group, promoting training innovation, attaching importance to the service of science and technology, comprehensively solving the key problems in the athletes training, transforming sports talents cultivation mode, playing the leading role of competitive sports, promoting market-oriented sports mode, and mobilizing the enthusiasm of society to participate in sports development. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]