19 17 after Mr. Cai Yuanpei presided over the school affairs, he advocated "freedom of thought and inclusiveness." On many occasions, Mr. Cai Yuanpei put sports ahead of "moral education, intellectual education and aesthetic education", and advocated "complete personality, putting sports first", even when the nation was in danger.

1922 After the first "Battle of Zhifeng" broke out, at the initiative of Mr. Cai Yuanpei, the Department of Physical Education was formally established. Since then, although the physical education teaching and research section has experienced ups and downs with the rise and fall of the country, it has been committed to various physical education teaching and activities in Peking University and has continued to grow and develop.

After liberation, the physical education teaching and research section entered a new historical period with the development of education in China, and made due contributions to the physical education in new China.

Since 2007, the Ministry of Physical Education and Research of Peking University has officially recruited postgraduates majoring in physical education for the whole country. Postgraduate education marks a new step for physical education and scientific research in Peking University.