A Chinese former professional basketball player and actor, born on September 12, 1980, in Shanghai, China. He is a Chinese basketball executive and used to play for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). His mother, Fengdi Fang, was captain of the Chinese national women's basketball team. During his basketball career, he suffered from two major foot injuries. In 2016, he was selected to be in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. As as actor, he is known for Ma lan hua (2009), Amazing (2013) and Yao Ming and Children Affected b HIV/AIDS (2005). He is married to Ye Li.