The star hurdler later donated another 3 million yuan his own name through his father in Shanghai.
National swimming head coach Zhang Yadong was among the donors. He said the incomes of the different athletes vary from one to another, but the money represents their best wishes, no matter how much they donated.
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International Olympic Committee (IOC)
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$ 1 million
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BOCOG
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5 million yuan
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General Administration of Sport of China
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5 million yuan
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Yao Ming (basketball, in NBA)
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2 million yuan
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Gymnastics administration center
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1 million yuan
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National table tennis team
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1.54 million yuan
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Retired Chinese sports stars
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1 million yuan
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National man’s and women’s basketball teams
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400,000 yuan
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Wang Zhizhi (basketball)
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100,000 yuan
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Yi Jianlian (basketball)
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100,000 yuan
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Track and field sports administration center
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1 million yuan
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China Football Association
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600,000 yuan
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Zheng Zhi (football, in Charlton Athletic of Britain)
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130,000 yuan
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Liang Wenchong (golf)
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250,000 yuan
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Li Yongbo (national badminton head coach)
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100,000 yuan
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Liu Guoliang (national table tennis head coach)
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100,000 yuan
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Wang Hao (table tennis)
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100,000 yuan
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Wang Liqin (table tennis)
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100,000 yuan
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Guo Jingjing (diving)
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100,000 yuan
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Ma Lin (table tennis)
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100,000 yuan
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Wang Nan (table tennis)
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100,000 yuan
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Chinese Tennis Association
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100,000 yuan
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National badminton team
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100,000 yuan
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National rowing team
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75,000 yuan
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Zhang Yining (table tennis)
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50,000 yuan
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Zhang Ning (badminton)
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30,000 yuan
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Peng Shuai (table tennis)
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50,000 yuan
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On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, NBA star Yao Ming, China’s top sport player who makes money from highly lucrative advertisements, gave 2 million yuan to the disaster areas and has pledged to play a role in the disaster reconstruction, according to his agent in Beijing.
“Two million yuan was my biggest donation till now. I donated it to my country and the Sichuan residents,” Yao told Oriental Sports Daily, ruling out Internet rumors that he donated $1 million to the 2005 Hurricane Katrina disaster areas.
According to the newspaper Chengdu Shangbao, at that time, Yao was still on an NBA rookie contract in 2005, earning less than $4 million that year. He joined the Rockets’ team donation, accounting no more than $1 million in total to the hurricane disaster.
The 2.26-meter center has shot a public service announcement calling for help for the Sichuan disaster areas, which will be aired during the intervals at the NBA playoffs games and also posted on the league’s official website.
Spiritual support is also abundant from Olympic stars.
Double Olympic diving champion Guo Jingjing said she and her teammates were determined to win more golds and have the Chinese flag raised more times to inspire national spirit before they left for a tournament in Britain last week.
Then they did – they won five golds among eight on offer.
