 Good afternoon, everyone. My name is Yan Qingyang. It is my good pleasure to have Yang Ming with us today to have this one-on-one dialogue. And because the majority of the audience today are Chinese, so we decided that we're going to have this session in Chinese. So if you need simultaneous interpretation, please do have it. And also, I want to remind you that there is no photograph for this session at all. And please cooperate. And we are very pleased to have Yang Ming on this one-on-one dialogue session. Yesterday and last night, actually, my friend suggested to me that I should not make one mistake. I should not make wrong of Yang Ming's body height. And I will be chased and killed by millions of fans. So I can give him a very brief introduction. So how shall I introduce Yang Ming today? I know many of you are fully aware and know him well. And his body height is 2.26 meters. And two days later, he will celebrate his 35th birthday. And his good husband and father are for a girl of 4.5 years old. And Rock in Houston is described as a rising miracle and the largest export from China to U.S. as described by the U.S. president. Today, he has different roles. For example, founder of the Yao Foundation, also the president of Yao Ming Basketball, he's one of the active for charity figures. So let's have him describe his challenges, experiences and opportunities so that we can understand him better. So we start with some charity activities. Describe one of the recent activities on August 23rd. You're trying to the challenge. Describe how does it feel? It's very cool. That's the most vivid one. And that's something introduced from U.S. to China. People began to focus on the story behind those patients, their future, their way. So I feel that this is an easy action. But to understand their stories, griefs, not easy. I know this is a good way to express your love. And you started the activities a long time ago. So what was the first trigger that put you on this track? He said, in our education, we were educated to serve the people, do good things all the time. We have different names in our schooling years, like Lei Feng and other heroes. We were inspired all the time in a new time, in a new era. We have the new thinking and the review and our interpretation of charity. I think the first one should be the stars in 2003. People may remember that what you felt at that time. And I worked with SME and Shanghai Television on a program to finance some fund for the SASS workers, medical workers, to protect some personal protection equipment. We hope that we can bring some comfort and calm among the kind of panic people at the time. You know, the spread of virus was not as fierce as the panic atmosphere around people. This first time I did some charity activities on the television. And I think that is the conglomeration effect that we can make something bigger. And there will be some interaction and multiply the factor afterwards. We focus and we care about your figure. I think more from the 2006 about Shaqfin activity. You launched the anti-Shaqfin consumption campaign. I think three years later, the Shaqfin consumption decreased by 50% in China. Does that make you happy? He said I was much encouraged and inspired by this one. 2006 I worked with the wildlife team to launch an anti-Shaqfin consumption campaign because the wailing of the Shaqfin fishing has bad impact on the ecosystem in the ocean as a predator. And that will result in the huge production of fish. That result in the decrease of the Shaqfin and other species and we care about no trading, no killing. So I think that slogan has a huge impact among people. And ultimately, different behavioral changes. I believe that these are the best rewards for the people working behind. Do you think that you are a public figure celebrity and you have so many fans and people like to act after you? Is that the main reason, a main driver, so that we can reduce the Shaqfin consumption? Or you have weakened so many people? He said in different stages, people may have different understanding. There's no doubt to say that, take the Shaqfin as an example, that the Shaqfin consumption has its name in the Chinese cruising over hundreds, even thousands of years. It's a symbolic cruising. But over years, we need to make improvement. And the previous fishing has made it as exclusive only for the royal family or the elites of the society. However, with the economic development, when China has the power to make a difference to the world, we have to act cautiously, do the things properly in the right way. Otherwise, we may have a negative impact, far-reaching and fundamental. I believe that each one has a heart for the good things, good deeds. And if everything wants to do the good things, we hope we can elevate ourselves. And what we are doing is a kind of shadow, it's a reflection out to your goodness. Recently, you went to Africa for several visits, since you are starting a new campaign to protect wildlife, like the renal and elephants. So while you are working in a different sector, what is your takeaway? What do you think of that? After the success of the anti-Shaqfin campaign, we worked with the same team to start a second phase of the project, a new one, to protect African elephants, active renal, because China market, Asian market has a huge demand for the renal and elephant products, the elephant teeth. And as a result, the elephants 20,000 kilometers away from here have been killed for a commercial reason. And we may receive a gift, carefully carved elephant teeth. However, you may never imagine this associated with the brutal killing. And the soul is dead body. And where is the soul? And who has paid for the soul? I think we need to think about it. We need to retrograde on it. I think the people on this trade, on this industry, shall ask themselves these questions. I know on the recent book, and there is a small elephant behind you. Would you tell me something about that elephant? Two years ago when I went to Africa, I visited an elephant orphanage. And there was a small one, only 10 years old, only 10 days old, sorry. And the next ring worker discovered this baby elephant. And the mother elephant had been killed. And so they shipped the baby to the orphanage. And when we discovered it was 10 days old, unfortunately, the baby elephant died afterwards. But I believe that picture is very impressive. So when you are on site, you have the personal observation and the impression that you are easy positioned to weaken other souls. And well, there are many things that you cannot bring from the site, such as the, you know, I was shocked by the feeling I could not carry back with the pictures, you know, totally different, including the smile. So just a small bullet that killed this baby elephant, but who is paying for the cost of the bullet. So just now we talked a lot about the concrete activities you have. And also, there's a kind of model for this operation. So you like to rely on the Yao fans to penetrate into many areas. So can you tell me about Yao fans? Just now we talked about wildlife protection and SARS. And before the year 2008, so I worked together with a lot of charities for those philanthropists. And we have a good commercial result, but it covers two wide areas. So it won't be more focus, more in-depth activities. So in 2008, we set up my Yao foundation or Yao fans. So at the beginning, our target to help the poor under remote areas to build some schools, especially after the earthquake of the year 2008. So we have both finished and also undergoing schools. It's about 18 schools. So our experts is in sports. So we have a very powerful sports team. So how to have more content? We want to move from hardware to software. That's the transformation. So once for all, normally it's for the hardware. We can offer our desktop and books and computers. But for quite a long time, there's no such connection. Now we are moving to the training in the sports activity. This is a kind of software. So that's why we organized a kind of basketball season for those hope of a school founded by Yao Foundation. So we try to hire some volunteers. So we give them some training concerning the basketball. And then we can send them. We can send them to those schools to be their teacher of the physical class to teach the children how to play basketball. And they have to work out curriculum and also the plan for the teaching of basketball. So if there's anything on the text, so it could be helpful for the future development of those schools. Those things have been doing for three years. The first year, we have 147 schools joined this program. And last year, we have 79 schools. For this year, it's 157 schools as a member of this program. And also we pay a lot of attention to the quality of the training. So if it grows too fast, so we have to balance both the speed and the quality. You have done so many public welfare activities. You did it both in America and in China. So make a comparison. So what is the biggest difficulty and pressure in China if you do the philanthropies? So in the United States, I have some contacts. So the basketball team or community I lived in. So their philosophy of the philanthropy, so they have more freedom. So they can set up their own rules and principles of our donations as well as the job divisions. So in China, so with the government regulations, it's quite tight. There's a one rule in China. So only 10% of the donations could be used for the office, for the traveling, and also the diminutive cost should be less than 10%. And 90% will be used for our program. So the original idea is quite good, but we don't have enough flexibility. Or in the United States, this figure could be higher than 50%. So they have a higher freedom. So that depends, a different percentage. So but we are only limited to a 10%. So we need a better people for doing our foundation better. So we need those experts, but we cannot recruit very excellent talents. So it doesn't mean that my current talents are not excellent. So they all have their dreams joining our team. So even for the present people, so our team members, so we have to give them more space for their operation. So in the past few years, so it's a great impact on China's local philanthropists, and also our charities, because it's not transparent enough all the past few years in China. If it's only a 10%, I think that's also enough for our transparency is much better than the gray areas. So but what we are lacking now is flexibility. So otherwise we can do it better. So very simple approach, we can avoid a lot of problems. And also that might impact our further growth space. So at the present, so we have to deal with it, we have to bear with it. So we need our transparency and also the public trust in our philanthropists. And we have to sacrifice something. So some of the foundations, they have to make some sacrifice. But in a future development, I hope there might be some changes. So it doesn't mean that one size that does not fit all. So we should be more flexible. So we talked a lot about his public welfare. So IBM is a huge star. It's a stellar person in the sports. So it's not only from the perspective of the sports. And Yao Ming is a member of our China's political consultative conference. So what is the impact as the member in the China political consultative conference? So my proposal, so in the first year, is concerning our sports. So sports is a part of education. So for this term is in English is sports. But actually in Chinese, it should be around physical education. So we focus more on education. Sports is more kind of a competition. So I hope our physical education. So we could focus on the connection between sports and education. It's similar to art and also to artistic works. So with our training and the physical exercise, so to make our body stronger and more healthy, we need transparent laws and regulations. So you cannot be in two capacities, both a player and also a referee. And you have to learn how to respect your competitors. So very fierce competition, you have to respect your competitors. So this is a very important for a mature society, for a good society in the future. So that's why I think sports is a very important component in our education system. This is my first proposal in the CPPCC. So of course, I don't have something concrete for execution. So recently my proposal is to delete those approval process for organizing activities concerning the matches and sports activities. So it's a very big push forward by our central government and also confirmed by our Premier Li Keqiang. So we try to reduce the flexibility, reduce the complexity of our approval process. So all the people in the audience, so in China, you can organize commercial tournament or sports or match. You don't need any more approval from the government agencies. So in the past, we have to wait for the approval. So our commercial organization's cost is very high. For the public activity, for the advertising activity, it's quite costly. So those costs will be transferred to all the people involved. So I think our Premier Li Keqiang and also the State Council, so this kind of decision benefits all the people. So reduce the cost of organizing commercial matches and games. So we have more opportunities. So our private fund and private businesses, they could get into the industry of sports. So they have more opportunities. So the so-called tertiary industry, the service industry, and also with the guidance of the policy, so we can improve our competitive level of our sports in China. So do you think there's a kind of a connection so with our national system? So at the beginning of New China, of New China, so the connection is very little with global sports. It's just physical exercise and to make our people healthy. So at the beginning of opening up on the reform, so we have to revitalize to a certain level of our mentality. That's why we have the slogan, we want to have the Olympic Games and also want to compete for the medalists. So at that time, both physical and also the other limitations where we cannot afford to have a lot of investment in the sports industry. So the sports is a kind of a sport department and a government department or agencies. So it's very hard to describe how to say it. So I believe more or less it's a kind of a administrative policy and right of those administrative operations. I believe we have a Langping Li Ning group of famous players. But actually, so their matches and cannot be enjoyed by the local Chinese people. So their arena is on the Olympic Games and other parts of the world activity until 2008. We have a Beijing Olympic Games. We have to find a new way out. So most of the items with medalists, so we have the gymnasium and also the diving and ping-pong ball and badminton and weight lifting. So with football and tennis and basketball, so their viewers are not as many as those generic sport items. So the attention and also those medalist items are not matched. Maybe somebody don't care about it. So we should focus more on the development of a kind of professional sports and our relevant agencies. They have to transform themselves. So it's not a nationwide sport. So we have to really have different types of sports. Of course, we need gold medals, the champions. But it doesn't mean that all the items should be included for the target of our gold medals. For the Olympic Games, you can see the competition between the two teams and two countries. But actually, those physical matches represent the powers of the two countries. So it helps our industry a lot. And we have football and basketball, so we are quite weak. So we don't have such market forces. So one case, so like a big garden, so you cannot plant the vegetables the same way. You have the different kind of vegetables and the different ways to raise vegetables. So government can take items which cannot be marketized. And also we can leave it to the market economy. It also goes with what's proposed by Premier Li Keqiang. So we can deregulate and also delegate the power to the market. It could be a big industry market. So just now talk about system, our sports and public welfare. So we have a few more minutes to come back to Yao Ming himself. So he wants to be an archaeologist when Yao Ming was young. So do you have any new dreams? So I'm quite interested in history. So in history, we can learn a lot from the case history, both the lessons and experience from the history. So it's never enough to learn about history. You can learn a lot. So we think, we always say we have 5,000 years of history in China. Maybe that's not enough. So our culture. So there are some breaking points in our history of our culture. So with my own efforts, I want to really enjoy the history. That's why I like history. So your impression, you are quite nice, you are very kind to others. You are not so bossy. So when you are in the United States, it's a very important case, impressive. Your coach at the beginning, so he thought you are very soft. You are very reluctant for a big slam dunk. So try to give you a stimulus if you do not have the slam dunk. So your playmates will be penalized running around the ground. So that's a different culture of sports. So China, we talk about how we have to prepare ourselves better or talk about confucianism. So although basketball is a very muscular sport, anyway, the personality of the American people and Chinese people are different. So at that time, my coach is very interesting. He learned something about our collectiveness of Chinese culture. So we never allowed our playmates to be penalized due to one player's performance. Sometimes we are not afraid of competition. So later I'm so proactive to compete in a basketball or the ground. So that's a kind of habit. So this habit will impact my personality. So my personality and characteristics are very different now from 20 years ago. So what's a big difference? So I've been engaging in sports for quite a long time. So that's why I say so the sports can change the mentality and also the physical needs of the students since I'm quite a tall when I was young. So I'm so reluctant to stand side by side with other people because I'm too tall. So with my hard efforts, something is a fact. You cannot go away from it. So we have to bear with it. So we should be more proactive. So just now I'll talk about the difference between the US and China. One is collectivism and the other is your individualism. And one thing we quite admire. So when you play basketball in 10 years in the United States, so in summer, so normally they have a season to rest. But at that time you come back to China for the China's basketball season. So you have no time to restore your body. If you restart it again, so you will stick to the same level. So from now on, if it is current status, I'll have a longer sport life. But more and more people can accept our individual dreams, our perseverance. You don't have to follow the interest of our national team. So this is a change of our concept. So the players before me, so they already paved the road. So we have more athletes and the players. So they can work both for himself and for the government, for the country. So this is a kind of journey. So you cannot have a leapfrog development. You have to grow step by step. So the final two questions for yourself. So what is your current biggest dream? So myself, my biggest dream. Your foundation, you want to be a good businessman or philanthropist. So what is your biggest dream? So I think we can involve more people, join our y'all fund and also have a better service to our children. Maybe someday in future, another 10 years. So with our training program, one of the students, so they have the same dream, they want to come back to our fund to help the next generation. The last question. So your four and a half year old daughter, so how do you raise her up? So what kind of a future you want to offer? What kind of future she can offer for himself? She should be more self-confident. You have a good confidence. You have a bright future. So on behalf of all the audience, to this idol, you have so many fans. So what do you want to say as the last remark? Just don't make more photos. Don't take more photos of yourself. How about a second sentence? No more photos. What else? So without all of you, so my existence, my presence is no significant at all. So thank you for your coming. So Yoming, thank you so much. And also thank all of you for joining this session. So just see if you have the opportunity to have a photo with Yoming. So that's the end of this session.