Chinese Celebrities   Li Ning: From "Prince of Gymnastics" to innovative entrepreneur When Li Ning, China's "Prince of Gymnastics" retired from competitive sports in 1988 and joined the business world, he set off his journey to building a household name for sports products that outdo foreign brands in China.     Zhang Chaoyang, China's IT elite As the founder, CEO & president of Sohu.com, Zhang Chaoyang (Charles Zhang) is working to turn his company into China’s largest search engine. Not one to twiddle his thumbs, Zhang has been busy expanding Sohu’s business scope and developing new markets.    Sang Lan, a forever smiling girl Sang Lan, former member of the national women's gymnastic team suffered severe spinal injuries in a competition at the Goodwill Games in 1998. While undergoing surgical treatment in the U.S., she captured the hearts of Americans.    Famed Anchorwoman Yang Lan Yang Lan, born in 1968 in Beijing, who holds a master's degree from Columbia University in the United States, is one of China's 50 most successful entrepreneurs and probably China's wealthiest self-made woman.    Zhang Ziyi: Rising movie star "China's cinema has been rising for some time; it has more exposure, so my chances of becoming internationally known are better. But the first thing I have to do is learning English. If I can grasp the language, then perhaps I can think about the U.S."     Ding Lei: Founder, CTO of Netease.com Inc. Graduated from China Electronic Technology University and obtained Bachelor's Degree of Engineering. Ding is the founder of Netease Co., Ltd (www.163.com), and currently is the CTO with the Netease.     Zheng Xiaoying: China's First Woman Conductor Zheng Xiaoying : An outstanding Opera Symphony Orchestra Conductor in China, an experienced director of the Conducting Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, and the Artistic Director and Chief Conductor of Xiamen Philharmonic Orchestra    Noted Chinese literary giant -- Ba Jin Ba Jin (Pa Chin) [real name Li Feigan] was born on November 25, 1904 in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, into an official's family.The pen name Ba Chin was formed from the Chinese equivalents of the first and last syllables, respectively, of Bakunin and Kropotkin, two Russian anarchists whom he admired.     Yao Ming: Famous Chinese basketball player One of the most highly anticipated players ever to join the NBA, Yao has rapidly developed into the best and most dominant player in China.     Zhang Yimou：the most internationally acclaimed filmmaker in China ZHANG Yimou, nicknamed as Lao Mouzi (loosely meaning "old schemer /strategist") is the most internationally acclaimed filmmaker in China. He was born on Nov. 14, 1951 in Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China. He graduated in the fifth class of the Beijing Film Academy in 1982, along with classmates such as Chen Kaige and Tian Zhuangzhuang. This graduating class formed a core of young filmmakers called the Fifth Generation who produced a new Chinese cinema that exploded on screens around the world in the mid-1980s.