Basketball was introduced to China very early. In 1895, it was introduced to Chinese people by American Bob Gailey.

In 1896, the Tianjin Christian Education Youth Association held the first basketball game show in China, and later such performances were carried out in Tianjin, Beijing and other urban youth clubs.

In 1910, at the first National Games in old China, basketball was listed as a performance event for the first time.

In 1914, basketball was listed as an official competition in the second National Games for men, and in 1924, it was listed as an official competition in the third National Games for women.

In 1916, CAI Leer founded the Shanghai Youth Association Sports School, including basketball majors, which became the first school in China to train basketball talents.

In 1921, the 5th Far East Games was held in Shanghai, and the Chinese basketball team defeated Japan, the Philippines and other countries, and won the championship in the international competition for the first time.

In 1925, led by Shen Siliang, director of the National Sports Association, Shanghai sports people organized the Shanghai Chinese Basketball Federation, and held regular basketball leagues in Shanghai every year after its establishment.

In 1936, at the 11th Berlin Olympic Games, men's basketball was listed as an official event, and China also sent a basketball team to participate in the Olympic Games for the first time.

Basketball has been an official sport at the Asian Games since 1951.

In 1955, after the National Basketball League was held, a relatively fixed hierarchical competition system was formed, and domestic competitions were very active.

In October 1956, the Chinese Basketball Association was founded.

In 1959, the basketball game of the first National Games of New China was held, and the basketball game of our country has had a clear development direction since then. In technology and tactics, it has gradually formed a unique style of "fast attack", "jump shot" and "pressing defense" as a magic weapon.

In 1976, the International Amateur Basketball Federation passed a resolution to restore the legal status of the Chinese Basketball Association in the international basketball arena. Since then, the level of basketball in our country has advanced by leaps and bounds, and gradually become a powerful force in Asia and even the world.

In 1975, the Chinese Men's Basketball team won the 8th Asian Men's Basketball Championship and the 8th Asian Games in 1978.

In 1976, the Chinese women's Basketball team won the gold medal at the 6th Asian Women's Basketball Championship for the first time, and then won the gold medal at the 9th Asian Games, and won the third place at the 9th World Women's Basketball Championship and the 23rd Olympic Games, and the second place at the 25th Olympic Games, and entered the ranks of the world's strong teams.

On the basis of ranking first in Asia, the men's basketball team entered the top eight in the world for the first time at the 12th World Men's Basketball Championship in 1994.

In 1997, the State Sports Commission established the professional basketball management Center, which took an important step in the reform of the management system, that is, the traditional A-League was changed to CBA league.

Under the guidance of the reform of the competition system, China's basketball has accelerated the process of professionalism, industrialization and internationalization, attracting a large number of domestic and foreign enterprises, and well-known enterprises such as "Hilton", "555" and MOTOROLA have poured in.

In 1998, the Chinese University Sports Association successfully organized the CUBA National College Basketball League with the support of enterprises.

In 2004, the Chinese Basketball Association underwent a comprehensive reform, combining the League A and B and the league B into one, and established the China Men's Basketball League, referred to as the CBL League (later renamed NBL).

In 2005, the CBA officially changed its name to "China Men's Basketball Professional League" and abolished the previous promotion and relegation system in favor of an admittance system.

With the development of The Times, basketball has become more and more popular among Chinese people. Whether it is teenagers who study and grow up in school, or office workers who have worked for many years, everyone likes to watch basketball games in their spare time, and they also like to play basketball with friends when they are free.