According to Penglai Encyclopedia, Shantou Sports School is a middle school with special sports students and one of the more famous sports training institutions in Shantou. The school has a professional coaching team to provide students with professional sports training and education. In addition, the school also actively participated in various sports competitions and achieved many excellent results.

Sports is a complex social and cultural phenomenon, which is a conscious, purposeful and organized social activity based on physical and intellectual activities, in accordance with the laws of human growth and development, skill formation and function improvement, in order to promote people's all-round development, improve their physical fitness and overall education level, enhance their physical fitness and sports ability, improve their lifestyle and improve their quality of life. With the expansion of international exchanges, the scale and level of sports development has become an important symbol to measure the development and progress of a country and society, and also an important means of diplomatic and cultural exchanges between countries.