According to the "Nanhai Net" WeChat public account, at 8:00 AM on January 26, 2026, the first session of the "Members' Channel" for the Fourth Session of the Eighth Hainan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference commenced. That day, eight members from different sectors, including Han Xiaoyu, Gao Renbo, Yang Yaodong, Zhang Shubin, Wang Jia, Zeng Sheng, Cai Pa, and Mario Ho, took the stage at the "Members' Channel." They addressed hot topics and responded to journalists' questions based on their respective practical experiences in fulfilling their duties.
Mario Ho, Chairman and CEO of NIP Group Inc. and co-owner of the NBA's Boston Celtics, made his debut at the Fourth Session of the Eighth Hainan Provincial Committee of the CPPCC this year as a member. In an interview with a reporter from the Hainan Provincial Integrated Media Center, Mario Ho stated, "Investing in Hainan is investing in the future. I hope entrepreneurs from the Greater Bay Area, like me, do not miss out on the opportunities in Hainan."
The report mentioned that according to the membership list of the Eighth Hainan Provincial Committee of the CPPCC published in January 2026, Mario Ho belongs to the "Chinese Communist Youth League and Youth Federation" sector. Public information shows that Mario Ho, born on January 12, 1995, is the third son of Macau "casino king" Stanley Ho and his fourth wife, Angela Leong. A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he serves as President of the Macau E-sports Association, Chief Marketing Officer of iDreamSky Technology Ltd., and founder of the V5 E-sports Club.
A mathematics elite, he has been repeatedly invited to participate in the "World Mathematics Championships" and won awards in the "World Mathematics Tests" for two consecutive years. Mario Ho is currently the Chairman and CEO of NIP Group Inc. He also serves as a member of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, under the Communist Youth League and Youth Federation sector.
According to a "Changjiang Cloud" report, in January 2023, Mario Ho attended the conference for the first time as a member of the Hubei Provincial Committee of the CPPCC, with his primary focus being on the "e-sports" sector. He expressed his intention to organize more youth exchange activities between Macau and Hubei. To this end, he wrote the aspiration "Help the e-sports industry reach new heights" on a wish card for a time capsule mailbox.
In January 2025, the official website of the Hubei Provincial CPPCC published an article titled "Members' Voices | 'Fueling' University Student Employment and Entrepreneurship," which mentioned that Mario Ho, a Hubei Provincial CPPCC member residing in Macau, has consistently been concerned about the employment and entrepreneurship situation for students in Hubei, a major province for higher education. It stated: "Since the 'Gathering Talents in Jingchu' project in 2021, an average of over 400,000 university graduates have remained in or come to Hubei for employment and entrepreneurship annually. In 2024, Hubei repeatedly issued policies to promote employment and held a series of employment promotion activities. By November of that year, the province had organized 15,000 employers to recruit talent in universities, providing 410,000 job positions. In terms of promoting youth entrepreneurship, since 2022, Hubei Province has supported over 2,000 university students in successfully starting businesses through measures such as providing entrepreneurial subsidy awards, thereby creating employment for more than 10,000 people."
Simultaneously, facing the increasingly severe employment and entrepreneurship situation and issues such as the mismatch between new demand and new supply, Mario Ho suggested that the primary focus should be on expanding the existing market capacity and actively introducing new market increments. He recommended aligning with Hubei's "965 Industrial Plan," strengthening dominant industries, enhancing the vitality of the private economy, seizing the main path of economic development, and absorbing employment on a large scale. He also proposed guiding universities to adjust their academic programs in a timely manner and providing reward subsidies to enterprises that are included in statistical regulations for adding internship positions for university students, thereby improving market matching.
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