On the basis of expert interview, questionnaire, statistics and document analysis, the paper discusses the operational benefit and the influencing factors of the natatoriums affiliated to Shanghai Administration of Sports. It puts forward some suggestions on improving the operational benefit of the natatoriums such as deepening the management reform, actively popularizing various energy-saving and emission-reduction measures, stipulating positive policies to upgrade the operational benefit, establishing a value-redeeming mechanism for providing public welfare services, enhancing the publicity of swimming for fitness, attracting more Shanghai citizens to go swimming, etc. |