Zhu Fangyu, is a professional basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

 player from the People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. Zhu currently plays for the Guangdong Southern Tigers

Guangdong Southern Tigers

Guangdong Winnerway Southern Tigers or Guangdong Southern Tigers or Guangdong Winnerway is a basketball team owned by the Guangdong Winnerway Group. The team is one of the best-performing teams in the Chinese Basketball Association, or CBA...

, a Chinese Basketball Association

Chinese Basketball Association

The Chinese Basketball Association , often abbreviated to the CBA, is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in China.The league is commonly known as the CBA, and this acronym is often used even in Chinese...

 team based in Dongguan

Dongguan

Dongguan is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong province, People's Republic of China.An important industrial city located in the Pearl River Delta, Dongguan borders the provincial capital of Guangzhou to the north, Huizhou to the northeast, Shenzhen to the south, and the Pearl River to...

. He is a forward. He is 2.01 m (6'7") in height and he weighs 105 kg (234 pounds).

He competed at the 2008 Olympic Basketball Tournament

Basketball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Basketball contests at the 2008 Olympic Games were held from August 9, 2008 to August 24, 2008. Competitions were held at the Wukesong Indoor Stadium in Beijing, China...

. During a 2010 friendly match, a fight broke out between Zhu Fangyu and a Brazilian basketball player. China holds that the Brazilian remains at fault.

Zhu married the 2004 Olympic rhythmic gymnast, Hu Mei (胡美).

Career in CBA

Time	Average Score	Average Rebound	Average Block	Average Assist	Average Steal
2008-2009	19.5	5	0.5	2.2	2.1
2009-2010	17.9	4.5	0.3	1.5	1.8
2010-2011	12.5	4.3	0.4	1.3	1.3