Name Ma Zhengqi Mayor Wang Hongju Role Politician | Nationality Chinese Party Communist Party of China Occupation Politician Residence Beijing, China | |
Political party Communist Party of China Education Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, Chongqing Normal University | ||
Ma Zhengqi (Chinese: 马正其; born March 1959) is a politician of the People's Republic of China. Since April 2013 he has served as Deputy Director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
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Early life and education
Ma was born and raised in Yongchuan County, Sichuan. He graduated from Chongqing Normal University, majoring in Chinese language and literature.
Political career
Ma entered the workforce in October 1976 and joined the Communist Party of China in April 1977.
Beginning in 1976, he served in several posts in Yongchuan County, including public security member, director, and CPC party chief.
In May 1994, he was appointed the CPC Party Chief of Rongchang County, he remained in that position until April 1997, when he was transferred to Chongqing and appointed the Deputy Secretary-General of Chongqing Government.
He became the CPC Party Chief of Wanzhou District in June 2002, he was re-elected in January 2003.
Ma was elevated to the Vice-Mayor of Chongqing in January 2007, rising to Executive Vice-Mayor in April 2010.
He was promoted to become the Deputy Director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in April 2013.
In the middle of 2013, during the Anti-Corruption Campaign of the Communist Party of China, a Chinese journalist Liu Hu accused him of corruption in real-name reporting, but the Chinese government protected him. Lai Dong (simplified Chinese: 赖东; traditional Chinese: 賴東), a local official of Wanzhou District said to the reporter of Beijing Times (simplified Chinese: 京华时报; traditional Chinese: 京華時報), "Over the years, report hasn't been interrupted, but haven't got the result." (“这么多年来，举报一直没间断，但一直没结果。”)