This article discusses the inception and development of statutory sports arbitration in the People’s Republic of China since the promulgation of the Sports Law in 2005. Particular attention is devoted to the creation of the China Commission of Arbitration for Sports and its general Sports Arbitration Rules in 2023, the year in which the Sports Law was significantly recast. The authors argue that China should learn from initiatives of other countries, such as Japan, with regard to the development of specialist arbitration rules for particular types of dispute and the disclosure of awards.