Excerpted from Chen Jianzhou’s Facebook
[He Yehua/New Taipei Report]The Professional Basketball League (PLG) has once again thrown out a shock bomb. In the future, it will move to a new stage with an association system to start a new game. The first president of the association system is Mr. Zhang Sihan, a representative figure in Taiwan’s basketball world. He hopes to take advantage of the opportunity. Mr. Zhang Sihan’s outstanding experience as a national player in the Chinese team, combined with more than 30 years of accumulated experience in foreign corporate governance, has empowered the league to create a prosperous Taiwanese professional basketball team. However, this move is also seen as a break with former CEO Chen Jianzhou.
According to media reports, Chen Jianzhou has sold all his PLG shares and currently has no connection with the PLG Alliance.
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Zhang Sihan, a former national basketball player and successful representative of business management, said, “I am very happy and honored to be a member of P. LEAGUE+ and welcome the 2023-24 season together.” In the future, the league will enter a new stage under the leadership of President Zhang Sihan. By strengthening business thinking and management systems, the league will build League 2.0, while empowering each team, pooling resources from all parties, enhancing the energy of PLG and Taiwan basketball, and making every effort Upgrade the strength of the national team and strive for the competitiveness and performance of the Chinese team in international competitions. At the same time, it combines the resources of major companies to provide more possibilities for the career development of teams and players; and through lectures and research, it improves referee treatment and law enforcement standards.
Zhang Sihan was an early representative of Taiwanese basketball trapeze, and he often bombarded the rim during games. Born in Taiwan and raised in Huntington Beach, California, he attended the University of California, Berkeley on an NCAA scholarship from 1982 to 1986. At the time, Chang was the only first-level player born in Taiwan. In addition, Zhang Sihan also played for McDonald’s Team (the predecessor of Hongguo Team), a popular team in Taiwan’s Group A at the time. As the top star in the team, Zhang Sihan was naturally the most popular basketball player. In 1985, he was invited to participate in the Jones Cup for China. He played in the men’s basketball team and later represented the Chinese men’s basketball team in the 1987 Asian Championships. He shouldered the heavy responsibility of the Chinese team and became the main force of the Chinese team in the 1980s. At that time, many fans rushed to grab tickets to enter the China Stadium for the game, just to see Chang Si-Han playing with great grace. The occasion was unprecedented, and for this reason, some media later called him “Jeremy Lin of the 1980s.”
In addition to having a deep connection with Taiwanese basketball, Sihan Chang left basketball and turned to the business world to make a career. He has worked for Costco Wholesale Inc. for 30 years. He currently serves as the president of Asia, responsible for overseeing Costco’s locations in Japan, South Korea, It has a total of 70 Asian stores in Taiwan and Mainland China and leads more than 29,000 employees. In addition, Costco’s Asian e-commerce platforms in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan are also planned by Zhang Sihan, helping Costco achieve greater success in the e-commerce field.
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2023-11-07 00:19:44
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