Newly appointed chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association Yao Ming gives a certificate of appointment to Li Jinsheng, one of the nine vice-chairmen elected to assist him, at the CBA’s ninth national congress on Thursday. [Photo by MENG YONGMIN/XINHUA] Yao Ming, the former NBA star and newly appointed chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, has put reforming the domestic game’s management at the top of his agenda.