Retired Chinese basketball superstar Yao Ming on a press conference held in Kuntai Hotel in Beijing on March 3, 2013. It is Yao's first time to be a member of the CPPCC National Committee. The preparatory meeting for the first session of the 12th CPPCC National Committee is held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on March 2, 2013. [Photo/China.org.cn]