Yao Ming, the CPPCC Member

（People's Daily Online） 11:05, March 07, 2013

Yao Ming votes by show of hand at the preparatory meeting of the 12th CPPCC National Committee in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 2, 2013. (Chinanews/Liao Pan)

Edited and translated by Huang Jin, People's Daily Online

It was Yao's first time to participate in the "two sessions" as a CPPCC member. He has become the focus of media, because as a target, he is too eye-catching.

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