Yao Ming's personal profile

Yao Ming, male, Han nationality, nonpartisan, was born on September 12, 1980 in Xuhui District, Shanghai. His ancestral home is Zhenze Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. He is a former Chinese professional basketball player. He plays the role of center and is currently the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association and the chairman and general manager of the Chinese Professional League Company.

In April 1998, Yao Ming was selected for the national team coached by Wang Fei and began his basketball career. He won the CBA regular season MVP in 2001, the CBA championship and finals MVP in 2002, and was elected the CBA rebounding and block king three times, and the CBA dunk king twice.

In the 2002 NBA draft, he was selected by the NBA's Houston Rockets as the No. 1 pick. From 2003 to 2009, he was selected to the NBA All-Star team for 6 consecutive seasons (***8 times in his career). He was selected to the NBA All-NBA Second Team three times and to the NBA All-NBA Third Team three times.

In 2009, Yao Ming acquired the Shanghai Men's Basketball Team and became the owner of the Shanghai Sharks Basketball Club. On July 20, 2011, Yao Ming officially announced his retirement.

In 2013, Yao Ming was elected as a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In June 2014, he participated in Hunan Satellite TV's "Where Are We Going, Dad" as a guest guest. On February 10, 2015, Yao Ming officially became one of the image ambassadors for Beijing's bid to host the Winter Olympics.

On April 4, 2016, Yao Ming was officially selected into the 2016 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, becoming the first Chinese to receive this honor. In October, Yao Ming became China's "Mars Ambassador." In November, he was elected vice chairman of CBA Company.

On February 4, 2017, Yao Ming's No. 11 jersey was retired during halftime of the Rockets' home game against the Bulls. On February 23, at the 9th National Congress of the Chinese Basketball Association, Yao Ming was elected chairman of the Basketball Association. On July 20, upon nomination by the Chinese Basketball Association, the company's board of directors voted to appoint Yao Ming as chairman of CBA.

On October 20, 2017, Yao Ming has transferred all shares of Shanghai Bilibili Club. In September 2018, he won the 10th "China Charity Award" Charity Model Award.

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Yao Ming’s charity activities:

On September 14, 2007, a charity game co-organized by Yao Ming and Steve Nash was held in Beijing Held at Shougang Stadium. In October, the Special Olympics World Games for people with intellectual disabilities were held in Yao Ming's hometown of Shanghai. On the night of the opening ceremony on October 2, 2007, Yao Ming, who came all the way from the United States to Shanghai, attended the opening ceremony.

On May 14, 2008, Yao Ming immediately donated 500,000 yuan to the Wenchuan earthquake-stricken area, and donated 214,000 US dollars to the foreign currency account of the Red Cross Society of China in the United States, with a total donation of approximately 2 million yuan. .

On June 11, Yao Ming announced that he would donate US$2 million to the Sichuan earthquake-stricken areas and establish the Yao Ming Foundation to help the disaster-stricken areas with campus reconstruction. On June 26, the official Chinese website of "Yao Fund" was officially launched.

On August 8, at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympic Games, Yao Ming, as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation, held the hand of Lin Hao, a second-grade student at Yuzixi Primary School in Yingxiu Town, Wenchuan County, Sichuan Province, and walked away At the front of the line. During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Yao Ming came to Jianshe Village in Guangyuan City, Sichuan Province.

In December 2009, Yao Ming, who took over the Shanghai Men’s Basketball Team and became “Boss Yao”, together with all the Shanghai Men’s Basketball Team members, solemnly issued a declaration refusing to eat shark fin.

In 2010, the World Expo with the theme of "Better City, Better Life" was held in Shanghai, and Yao Mingyi served as the image ambassador of the Shanghai World Expo.

In 2011, the Special Olympics will be held in Athens, Greece. From June 9th to 10th, Yao Ming and his delegation came to Jiuquan to "give lessons" to Jiuquan's special children and attended the completion ceremony of the "Jiuquan Nash-Yao Foundation Special Education School".

On June 26, "Ambassador Yao" came to Athens to participate in various activities related to Special Olympics, including the launching ceremony of the Special Olympics Athletes Health Action and the unveiling of the bronze statue of Ms. Shriver, the founder of the Special Olympics Ceremonies, etc., and continue to support the development of the Special Olympics movement with practical actions.

On September 22, Yao Ming and Richard Branson attended the "We Together Advocate for the Protection of Endangered Species Sharks" charity event organized by the international environmental organization WildAid in Shanghai. Yao Ming also called on the Chinese, who are the main consumer group of shark fins, to set an example in protecting sharks.

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