As an important part of public service, public sports service governance is an important dimension of the modernization of national governance, and the improvement of its efficiency is related to the health of the whole people and social equity. The existing studies are weak in the application of indicators, lack the analysis of the complex interaction process of different antecedents, and lack empirical support for policy optimization. Method: This study adopts mixed Firstly, data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to evaluate the dynamic total factor productivity of public sports services. Secondly, fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis (fsQCA) is used to identify the differentiated driving paths of high/low efficiency caused by multi-factor allocation, such as economy, policy, culture, and social security. Most importantly, based on the R software, the dynamic change of inter-group configuration was analyzed, and the rule of inter-group configuration change was revealed. Result: The 7-year tfpch, effch, and tech index of 31 provinces were 1.125, 1.018, and 1.105, respectively, indicating the improvement of management efficiency. FSQCA results show that there are seven main configurations that can explain the differences in efficiency. Among them, there are 4, 2, and 1 configurations driven by "guarantee factor", "guarantee + information factor", "guarantee + civilization degree", and their coverage is 0.546, 0.348, and 0.092, respectively. The security factors represented by income and environment occupy the most important position in the configuration combination, while the informatization factors and the degree of civilization are second. From the point of view of specific provinces, the higher level of public sports service in the more developed cities in the east is mainly explained by the configuration of "security + civilization degree". The high level of public sports service in Western cities is mainly due to the national guarantee. Based on the above results, this paper draws the following conclusions: First, the guaranteed service provided by the state is the fundamental guarantee of efficient public sports service. Second, the reason for the higher development level of public sports services in more developed provinces may be that knowledge groups with a higher education level and better information use are gathered in cities. Third, for less developed provinces, efficient public sports services are mainly supported by the state, so it is necessary to further explore development in accordance with local conditions.
Jiahui Li (Thu,) studied this question.