Yao Ming was born in September 1980 in Xuhui District, Shanghai, and his ancestral home is Zhenze Town, Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Now, Yao Ming has retired for nearly ten years and retired to the second line. He is currently the chairman of Asian Basketball Federation, the chairman and general manager of Secondary Vocational Federation, the chairman of China Basketball Association and the winner of the Reform Pioneer Medal. It can be said that Yao Ming and his achievements have successfully promoted the basketball atmosphere in China. It makes the basketball atmosphere in China soar, and Yao Ming has also made outstanding contributions to public welfare undertakings. In 2008, Yao Ming launched Yao Fund, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping students and promoting the healthy development of teenagers. In 2020, Yao Fund Charity Tournament was officially launched in Beijing.
Among the competitions that Yao Ming participated in, what impressed me the most was the match between China Men's Basketball Team and Dream Eight Team in the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2008, China basketball really reached its peak. Yao Ming, Wang and Yi Jianlian played against the American Dream Team as starters. In the previous four games, the China team ended in a fiasco. Although he also lost the game, he showed us the blood of the China men's basketball team. At the end of the second quarter, China and the powerful dream team tied at 29, which was unprecedented. In the end, China lost to the United States by 70- 10 1, but it created the smallest score gap in the history of confrontation between China and the United States, ranking eighth in the Olympic Games, although it was a glorious defeat.