Live Bar, May 24-official news: Xu Jicheng, vice chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, served as the chairman of CBA company, and Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, no longer held the post concurrently.
Fu Zhenghao, a senior media person, talked about this matter, and the content is as follows:
On May 24, Xu Jicheng, vice chairman of China Basketball Association, officially became the chairman of CBA company, and Yao Ming officially stepped down as the chairman of CBA company.
As the second chairman of CBA company, Yao Ming planned 2.0 strategy for CBA during his seven-year career as chairman of CBA, and also introduced Wang Dawei, a professional manager for CBA, and in 2019, the legal representative of CBA company was handed over to Wang Dawei, aiming at promoting further separation of administration and management of CBA. Yao Ming himself hopes to leave the daily management affairs of CBA and devote more energy to the daily work of Basketball Association.
Xu Jicheng, as the vice chairman in charge of the basketball industry, has previously succeeded Yao Ming as the chairman of deep basket Sports, a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Basketball Association, before the change of Basketball Association in 2022, he attended CBA activities many times as the leader in charge of basketball association. Yao Ming proposed to CBA shareholders this season that Xu Jicheng would serve as the chairman of CBA company. This proposal was formally approved at the CBA shareholders’ meeting. It was an established arrangement for Xu Jicheng to take over the chairman of CBA.
The articles of association of CBA company, which was established sung September 22, 2016, stipulates that the relevant leaders appointed by China Basketball Association also serve as the chairman of CBA company. Xu Jicheng was the third chairman of CBA company, and Li Jinsheng, deputy director of front basket management center, served as the first chairman of CBA company from September 2016 to June 2017, since then, Yao Ming served as the chairman of CBA company from July, 2017 to May, 2023.
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