Ma Zhengqi

Ma Zhengqi (Chinese: 马正其; born March 1959) is a retired Chinese politician. He served as deputy director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce between 2013 and 2018 and deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation between 2018 and 2019.[1] He was a member of the 18th CPC Central Committee and a member of the 13th Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Ma Zhengqi
马正其
Deputy Director of the State Administration for Market Regulation
In office March 2018 – May 2019
Leader	Zhang Mao (director)
Deputy Director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce
In office April 2013 – March 2018
Leader	Zhang Mao (director)
Preceded by	Teng Jiacai
Succeeded by	Position revoked
Executive Vice-Mayor of Chongqing
In office April 2010 – April 2013
Leader	Wang Hongju (mayor)
Preceded by	Huang Qifan
Succeeded by	Weng Jieming
Vice-Mayor of Chongqing
In office January 2007 – April 2010
Leader	Wang Hongju (mayor)
Personal details
Born	March 1959 (age 61) Yongchuan County, Sichuan, China
Political party	Communist Party of China
Alma mater	Chongqing Normal University Central Party School of the Communist Party of China
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	馬正其
Simplified Chinese	马正其
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Mǎ Zhèngqí

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.[2]

He became the CPC party chief of Wanzhou District in June 2002, he was re-elected in January 2003.[2]

Ma was elevated to the vice-mayor of Chongqing in January 2007, rising to executive vice-mayor in April 2010.[2]

He was promoted to become the deputy director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in April 2013, a position he held until March 2018. In March 2018, he became deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, serving in the post until his retirement in May 2019.[2]

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.[3][4][5][6] Lai Dong (赖东; 賴東), a local official of Wanzhou District said to the reporter of Beijing Times (京华时报; 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。”)[7]

See also

• List of members of the 11th National People's Congress
• 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

References

1. 副局长马正其个人简历. State Administration for Industry and Commerce. 2013-07-29. Archived from the original on 2013-08-06.
2. 人民网马正其同志简历. People.com. 18 September 2012.
3. "China Releases Investigative Journalist After Almost Year in Jail". Newsweek. 2014.
4. "Detained investigative journalist formally charged". en.rsf.org. 10 October 2013.
5. 记者刘虎涉诽谤罪被批捕 此前因涉传谣被刑拘. Tencent (in Chinese). 2013.
6. "Archived copy" 《新快报》记者刘虎在重庆家中被北京警方带走. 163.com (in Chinese). 23 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-05-02. Retrieved 14 September 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
7. 记者刘虎微博举报工商总局副局长马正其渎职. Sina (in Chinese). 30 July 2013.