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Place of Birth: Shanghai, China
Date of Birth: September 12, 1980
Ethnicity: Chinese
Yao Ming is a Chinese professional basketball player, and executive. A center, he played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA), and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has been a Member of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (12th), from March 2013 to March 2018, and President of the Chinese Basketball Association, from February 23, 2017 to October 31, 2024. He is 7′6″.
He is the son of professional basketball players Fang Fengdi and Yao Zhiyuan. His father is 6′7″. His mother is 6′3″. He is married to professional basketball player Ye Li, with whom he has a daughter.
Ming’s paternal grandfather was named Yao Xueming.
Ming’s paternal grandmother was named Xu Lizhen.
Source: Biography of Yao Ming – Yao Ming: The Road to the NBA , 2004, by Xiao Chunfei