Recently, the third session of the 14th CPPCC in Dongguan is underway, so among the many people who participated in the two sessions, there is one person who can be said to have attracted much attention, he is the former Chinese men's basketball team "first brother" Yi Jianlian who announced his retirement not long ago
Yi Jianlian was a member of the Dongguan CPPCC as early as 2022, and this time, he who has retired from the military will participate as promised, so in the two sessions, Yi Jianlian was also invited by Xiao Yafei, Secretary of the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee, to officially take up a new position, and Xiao Yafei even ridiculed the UAE in the meeting, "You have a new haircut, you look like 20 years old!"
During the group discussion in the meeting, when the topic of "in-depth implementation of millions of projects and promotion of high-quality development in Dongguan" was discussed, Xiao Yafei, secretary of the municipal party committee, proposed in public that he wanted to invite Yi Jianlian to serve as the cultural and sports image ambassador of Dongguan City, and the specific work also involved the general guidance and general consultant of the "village BA", and Yi Jianlian said happily on the spot, "No problem, it must be!"
So after the meeting, Yi Jianlian also told reporters that the focus of his retirement will still be the direction of youth basketball training, and includes youth training and campus basketball, and he hopes to do more help for young people, more contribution, for Dongguan City cultural and sports image ambassador, the United Arab Emirates is even more obliged, this is also his official start of political career
So what everyone doesn't know is that Yi Jianlian's starting point in politics is almost exactly the same as Yao Ming, plus now he is one of the 16 executive committee members of the Chinese Basketball Association, many fans have speculated that Yi Jianlian may succeed Yao Ming as the chairman of the Basketball Association in the future, and now it seems that this is not impossible, let's first take a look at Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming's political resume, it can be said that the UAE is moving forward with the pace of Da Yao
Yao Ming officially announced his retirement on July 20, 2011, also in 2011 he was elected as a member of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, after which Yao Ming became one of the executive members of the Chinese Basketball Association, in 2017 Yao Ming was elected as the new chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, on the other hand, Yi Jianlian, the United Arab Emirates was elected as a member of the Dongguan CPPCC in 2022, both of them put forward constructive suggestions in the field of basketball, and on December 21, 2023, in the third meeting of the Executive Committee of the 10th Congress held by the Chinese Basketball Association, a familiar new face appeared among the 16 executive members, he is Yi Jianlian, which also indicates that the United Arab Emirates officially entered the Chinese Basketball Association
Let me explain to you the 16 executive committee members of the Chinese Basketball Association, there are 7 representatives of the Basketball Association, and the remaining 9 are representatives from all walks of life, among which Yi Jianlian is the athlete representative, this executive committee is actually similar to the word "Standing Committee" that everyone often hears In other words, the leadership of the Chinese Basketball Association was selected from the 16 executive committees, and Yi Jianlian became one of the 16 members, which indicates that he has taken the most critical step towards the leadership of the Basketball Association
Let's take a look at Yao Ming's appointment and re-election time, Yao Ming first became the chairman of the Basketball Association in 2017, and was re-elected as the chairman of the Basketball Association at the end of 2022, but according to the "Articles of Association of the Chinese Basketball Association", the term of office of the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association is 4 years per term, and the maximum term cannot exceed two terms, that is, when Yao Ming ends his term as chairman of the Basketball Association at the end of 2026, someone else must serve as him
Since it is the beginning of 2024, it is almost 3 years from the end of 2026, and now Yi Jianlian is a member of the Dongguan CPPCC and a member of the executive committee of the Chinese Basketball Association.
Yao Ming hopes to spend 3 years to help Yi Jianlian get familiar with the work of the Basketball Association, take him to deal with other overseas basketball associations, and even the two will work together to formulate the development path of Chinese basketball in the next 5 years
Editor: Tang Bohu