Yao Ming graduates from SJTU as an undergraguate

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) holds its 2018 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony, July 8. More than 3,000 graduates leave the campus behind to begin their new life. Yao Ming, as a valedictorian from Antai College of Economics & Management, SJTU, delivers a speech, sharing his own thoughts and experiences as a former student of SHJU. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)

Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) holds its 2018 Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony on July 8. More than 3,000 graduates leave the campus to begin their new life. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)

Standing at 2.26 meters, Yao Ming is especially eye-catching at the ceremony. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)

Yao Ming’s parents attend Yao’s graduation ceremony. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)

Yao Ming attends the graduation ceremony. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)

More than 3,000 graduates of SJTU leave the campus to start their new life. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)

Yao Ming ridicules himself, saying that after seven years of study, it wasn’t easy for him to graduate. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)

Yao Ming gives his best wishes to the new graduates. (Zhang Hengwei/Chinanews.com)