**The General Administration of Sport recommended that Yao Ming serve as the head of the Chinese Basketball Association, while also acting as the head coach of the men’s national basketball team.

Seventh, strengthen venue upgrades. The eighth point is to study policies that encourage clubs to send athletes to high-level basketball leagues abroad for training and improvement. Ninthly, the league should feature a ranking based on the overall scores of domestic athletes, with this ranking linked to their individual honors; it should be updated regularly and made publicly available. The league needs to create hype in order to produce its own stars. Regarding the tenth issue of doping among basketball players, strict action must be taken, but suspending or banning those players is not recommended; in addition to punishing the players themselves, those responsible for this behavior should also be held accountable. Seventh, strengthen venue upgrades. The eighth point is to study policies that encourage clubs to send athletes to high-level basketball leagues abroad for training and improvement. Ninthly, the league should feature a ranking based on the overall scores of domestic athletes, with this ranking linked to their individual honors; it should be updated regularly and made publicly available. The league needs to create hype in order to produce its own stars. Regarding the tenth issue of doping among basketball players, strict action must be taken, but suspending or banning those players is not recommended; in addition to punishing the players themselves, those responsible for this behavior should also be held accountable.

Yao Ming serves as the president of the Chinese Basketball Association, and simultaneously acts as the head coach of the national men’s basketball team. Support

Yao Ming should serve as the head of the Chinese Basketball Association, taking charge of overall affairs and driving reforms, but he should not act as head coach; he can instead be responsible for hiring good coaches.

This suggestion is insightful; I hope the Sports Commission will take it into consideration

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 3 (Reporters Huang Jie, Zhu Hong) At the beginning of 2017, a rumor shocked China’s basketball community as well as the entire Chinese sports world – media reports indicated that the General Administration of Sport had issued 10 key recommendations for the development of Chinese basketball, including the idea of having Yao Ming serve as the head of the basketball association and concurrently as the head coach of the national men’s basketball team. But as of the time of publication, all parties involved in this matter have refused to respond to these rumors. As the person involved in this rumor, Yao Ming has never issued any statement on the matter. Meanwhile, officials from the Shanghai men’s basketball club, which he invests in, said in interviews with reporters that they have heard recent rumors suggesting that Yao Ming, as the club’s investor, might become the head of the Chinese Basketball Association. However, regarding matters that are not certain, it is not appropriate for the club to comment. Relevant sources said that such rumors reflect, on the one hand, everyone’s recognition of Yao Ming as an individual and of his contributions to Chinese basketball, with the hope that he will make further contributions to it ； On the other hand, whether to take on the leadership position in the Chinese Basketball Association should also respect Yao Ming’s own wishes. On the 3rd, the weekly regular CBA league media briefing was held in Beijing, and this topic also became a focus of journalists’ attention. But as soon as the press conference began, Zhang Xiong, the head of the CBA league office, spoke, silencing the reporters before they could ask their questions. Zhang Xiong said, “I know that in the past day or two, everyone has been paying close attention to a report on reforms in Chinese basketball.” However, the regular briefings we hold every week focus on specific, technical topics related to the CBA league’s proceedings, as well as the hot and key issues that everyone is concerned about. Topics that fall outside this scope are also beyond the boundaries of my responsibilities; if I don’t have the relevant information, I may not be able to provide answers either, so please understand. ” At the briefing held that afternoon, Li Jinsheng, Deputy Director of the Basketball Management Center, Vice President of the Chinese Basketball Association, and Chairman of CBA Company, was unable to attend the meeting as he had to go to the General Administration for a meeting.

The basketball association president is not the person with the highest authority. The governing body in charge of Chinese basketball is called the Basketball Management Center; it is an institutional entity under the Sports Administration and its personnel are appointed through a de facto appointment system, with no competitive selection process in place. Both Shin Lan-seong and Lee Won-wei were appointed directly by the General Sports Administration. The Chinese Basketball Association is a voluntary organization, directly affiliated with the All-China Sports Federation. The committee mechanism meets once every 4 years, and the position is usually held concurrently by the deputy director of the General Administration of Sport. The director of the Basketball Management Center serves as the executive vice-chairperson. Although nominally the chairperson is chosen through voting by the committee, in practice decisions are made through methods such as equal votes; the General Administration of Sports has absolute veto power over the list of candidates. If they say no, then the candidate selected by the committee’s vote is ineffective. In reality, it is ultimately a system of appointment rather than one based on competition. It seems that the suggestion from the basketball association officials was indeed recommended.