Yao Ming’s current nationality

Yao Ming’s current nationality is Chinese.

1. Introduction to Yao Ming:

Yao Ming (Yao Ming), male, Han nationality, non-party person, was born on September 12, 1980 in Xuhui District, Shanghai, and his ancestral home is Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. Zhenze Town, Wujiang District, former Chinese professional basketball player, serving as center.

He is currently the Chairman of the Asian Basketball Federation, Chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, Chairman and General Manager of the Chinese Professional League Company, Vice Chairman of the 13th All-China Youth Federation, and winner of the Reform Pioneer Medal. Representative to the 14th National People's Congress.

2. Basketball career:

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 2003-09, he was selected to the NBA All-Star Game lineup for 6 consecutive seasons (***8 times in his career), 2 times. Selected to the NBA All-NBA Second Team and 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 Jiushi Sharks Club. On July 20, 2011, Yao Ming announced his retirement.

Personal life:

1. Family life:

Yao Ming’s father is the former basketball player Yao Zhiyuan, and his mother Fang Fengdi was also a Chinese basketball player. center.

2. Emotional experience:

Yao Ming first met Ye Li, a fellow basketball player, when he was 17 years old. In 1999, after Yao Ming finally entered the national team, he asked Ye Li to go out and was rejected. Afterwards the two fell in love.

On August 3, 2007, Yao Ming and Ye Li officially received their marriage certificate at the Marriage Registration Office in Xuhui District, Shanghai. On August 6, the two held their wedding at the Shangri-La Hotel in Shanghai.

In January 2010, Yao Ming's wife Ye Li was confirmed to be pregnant, and the baby was born before the "World Expo Closing Ceremony" in the same year. On May 21, Yao Ming's wife Ye Li successfully gave birth to a daughter at a local hospital in Houston.

On April 21, 2011, Yao Ming held his first media meeting after returning to China at the Shanghai Meilong Base and announced his daughter's name: Yao Qinlei.

3. Academic experience:

Yao Ming attended Shanghai Nanyang Model Middle School.

On November 6, 2011, Yao Ming went to Shanghai Jiao Tong University to report.

On November 27, 2012, the University of Hong Kong held the 187th Degree Conferment Ceremony and awarded him an honorary doctorate in social sciences in recognition of his contribution to the movement and promoting international attention to AIDS.

On July 8, 2018, Yao Ming officially graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University and spoke as a graduate representative.