Yao Ming, member of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and former NBA all-star player, was unanimously voted as the president of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) here on Thursday.

　　本周四，奈史密斯名人堂成员，NBA前全明星球员姚明全票当选中国篮协主席。

　　Yao, 37, became the first-ever non-governmental personage to take the position at the ninth national congress of the association which was founded in 1956.

　　现年37岁的姚明在篮协第九次全国代表大会上当选主席，这是中国篮协自1956年成立以来首次由体制外人员担任主席。

　　The CBA Charter also got revised in the congress, making president the association’s legal representative who used to be secretry-general.

　　本次大会对中国篮协章程进行了修改，规定篮协主席成为协会的法人代表，而担任法人代表的则是秘书长。

　　As one of the sports icons in China, Yao landed on NBA in the year of 2002 as the first-pick of the draft, playing for Houston Rockets for 9 years and entering all-star games eight times. He also led the Chinese national team to the last eight in 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

　　姚明是中国体育的象征，他于2002年以状元秀的身份登陆NBA，为休斯顿火箭队效力九年，八次入选全明星，并在2004年雅典奥运会和2008年北京奥运会上率队闯入八强。

　　In 2009, Yao bought the Shanghai Sharks, the CBA club where he played as a teenager. And last year, Yao was elected as the vice president of the newly-established CBA company which was in charge of the league’s management and business development.

　　2009年，姚明收购了自己年少时效力的上海大鲨鱼队。去年，姚明当选新组建的中国篮协公司的副总裁。中国篮协公司将负责中国男子篮球职业联赛的管理与商务开发工作。

　　Since his retirement in 2011, Yao has been pursuing the reform of the professional basketball in China.

　　姚明自2011年退役以来一直在推动中国篮球职业联赛的改革。

　　Yao Ming, the newly-elected Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) president, said Thursday that he would sell his shares in the CBA side Shanghai Sharks before next season.

　　新当选的中国篮协主席姚明曾于周二表示将在下赛季前出售自己在上海大鲨鱼的所有股份。

　　The Chinese basketball legend, who played for the Shanghai Sharks before he went to NBA in 2002, bought the team in 2009. Since then, Yao has been the controling share holder of the Shanghai Sharks which finished third in the regular season this year.

　　这位中国篮球的传奇人物在2002年进入NBA前一直为上海大鲨鱼效力，并于2009年收购了这支球队，此后一直是上海大鲨鱼队的控股股东。上海大鲨鱼队以联盟第三的排名结束了常规赛征程。

（编辑：何莹莹）