Li Ning 197 1 joined the Guangxi Gymnastics Team, 1980 joined the National Gymnastics Team and 1989 retired. During 17' s sports career, * * * won 106 gold medals in gymnastics competitions at home and abroad. In the 6th World Cup Gymnastics Competition from 65438 to 0982, Li Ning won six gold medals, which created a myth in the world gymnastics history and was called "Prince of gymnastics".

Li Ning is the first Asian athlete to be elected as a member of the Athletes Committee of the International Olympic Committee. 1985 won the national "May 1st" labor medal. 1In May, 1999, Li Ning, as the only athlete from China and 24 other world-class athletes, was rated as "the best athlete of this century" by the International Sports Journalists Association. Li Ning is currently a member of the Men's Technical Committee of the International Gymnastics Federation, vice chairman of the Chinese Gymnastics Association and vice chairman of the China Sporting Goods Federation.

1989 Li Ning joined Guangdong Jianlibao Group after retiring and founded Li Ning Sporting Goods Company the following year. After ten years' efforts, "Li Ning Brand" has become the first brand of sporting goods in China, and the company has established more than 300 specialty stores and more than 2,000 retail outlets throughout the country.