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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. 奈史密斯篮球名人堂成员、NBA前全明星球员姚明于本周四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岁的姚明在第九次篮协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的章程进行了修改，规定篮协主席成为协会的法人代表，而之前担任法人代表的则是秘书长。 | 
