Table tennis Grand Slam winner Ding Ning ushered in his second semester of graduate school at Peking University, in this semester, Ding Ning in addition to the identity of a student, but also an additional teacher identity, she independent substitute class, opened a "table tennis improvement class", students with table tennis foundation can choose courses. Ding Ning also posted a photo of her first class, bluntly saying that it was a special day.

Ding Ning announced his retirement on the day he reported to Peking University last September, ending his table tennis career with 21 world champions. Ding Ning, who is studying in Peking University, like other students, appears in the library, classroom, canteen, and seriously reads and learns, unlike other students, she became a teaching assistant in the table tennis class in the first semester, after a semester of exercise, this semester, Ding Ning has begun to independently open a substitute class, teaching table tennis improvement class. In his first class, Ding Ning took the students to warm up and talk about table tennis skills, which was also sought after by the students.
Many of Ding Ning's former fans have now become Ding Ning's students, in the first class of self-introduction, they expressed their feelings for Ding Ning, feelings for table tennis, some people have watched Ding Ning's live game many times, and some people have cherished Ding Ning's performance in the Olympic Games. Some students revealed that after class, a bunch of people looked for Ding Ning to sign, and Ding Ning asked everyone not to worry, because everyone will meet next week, but she still has classes in the next section, and if she doesn't leave, she will be late. Many people also jokingly expressed regret that they did not study well and could not take Ding Ning's class at Peking University.
On the day Ding Ning took her first class as a teacher, her world ranking was officially removed by the ITTF. Ding Ning entered the first team of national table tennis in 2005, won her first world championship title in 2009, and in the following ten years, she participated in the Olympic Games twice and won 3 gold and 1 silver, and won the women's singles championship of the World Table Tennis Championships three times, achieving a grand slam. After Ding Ning retired, her world ranking remained sixth in the world for a long time, until after the adjustment of the points rules at the end of January this year, her ranking dropped to 13th, behind Sun Yingsha, Chen Meng, Wang Manyu and Wang Yidi in fifth place within the national table tennis. With Ding Ning's world ranking removed, there are no more active athletes in her identity.