China's star sprinter Su Bingtian, the men's 100m Asian record holder, Tuesday announced his retirement from athletics, concluding his groundbreaking 21-year career after completing his last race during China's 15th National Games last month.
He made history in 2021 as the first Chinese man to reach an Olympic 100m final after clocking an Asian record time of 9.83s in Tokyo, and helped China take bronze in the 4x100m relay.
Born in 1989, Su became the first Chinese man to break the 10-second barrier with a 9.99-second run at the Diamond League in Eugene, the United States in 2015.
He matched the Asian record at 9.91s at the World Challenge in Madrid in 2018, before lowering it to 9.83s in the semifinal at the Tokyo Olympics, where he went on to finish sixth in the final.
China's top sprinter Su Bingtian officially retires
The Standing Committee of China's 14th National People's Congress (NPC) concluded its 22nd session on Thursday morning in Beijing.
At the closing meeting, lawmakers voted to approve the revised Prison Law and Social Assistance Law, remove Han Jun from the post of minister of agriculture and rural affairs, appoint Zhang Zhu as the minister, and appoint Zhang Chengzhong as minister of emergency management.
President Xi Jinping signed presidential orders on the removal and appointments.
NPC Standing Committee Chairman Zhao Leji presided over the closing meeting, which also approved a deputy qualification report.
The meeting adopted decisions on approving a treaty on judicial assistance in criminal affairs between China and Azerbaijan, and a treaty of permanent good-neighborliness, friendship and cooperation between China and five Central Asian countries, namely Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
The legislators voted to remove Feng Yi from the post of deputy secretary-general of the NPC Standing Committee, among other appointments and removals. Zhao presided over a lecture for lawmakers after the closing meeting.
The Standing Committee held an oath-taking ceremony to pledge allegiance to the Constitution at the Great Hall of the People on the day.
China's top legislature concludes standing committee session
