Ma Biao Maz Biauz | |
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马飚 | |
.jpg) Ma Biao, 2017 | |
| Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | |
| In office 11 March 2011 – 10 March 2023 | |
| Chairman | Jia Qinglin Yu Zhengsheng Wang Yang |
| Chairman of Guangxi | |
| In office 26 January 2008 – 28 March 2013 | |
| Party Secretary | Guo Shengkun Peng Qinghua |
| Preceded by | Lu Bing |
| Succeeded by | Chen Wu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 1954 (age 71) |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party |
Ma Biao (Chinese:马飚;Zhuang: Maz Biauz; born August 1954) is a retired Chinese politician of ethnicZhuang heritage. Born inGuangxi, Ma joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1985. He was electedchairman of the Guangxi government on January 26, 2008, and served this post until March 2013.[1]He was a member of the18th Central Committee of the CCP.[2] He additionally served as avice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference between 2011 and 2023.
Ma was born on 1954 inTianyang County inBaise, Guangxi. During theCultural Revolution, after completing his secondary education, he worked as a laborer at theLiuzhou Iron and Steel Plant in Guangxi. When the national college entrance examination system (gaokao) was reinstated, he successfully gained admission in 1978 to the Department of Political Science and Political Economy at the Central University for Nationalities (nowMinzu University of China). Upon graduation, Ma began his career in economic research, working first at the Planning and Economic Research Institute of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Planning Commission and later at the Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology under theChinese Academy of Social Sciences. In June 1985, he joined the Chinese Communist Party and also served in a temporary post as Deputy Party Secretary ofLuocheng County, Guangxi.[3]
In 1994, Ma began serving as assistant to the Party Secretary ofBeihai. Over the following years, he held a series of roles, including Deputy Director of the Guangxi Economic Restructuring Commission, Vice Chairman of the Guangxi Youth Federation, Commissioner of theBaise Prefecture Administrative Office and Party Secretary of Baise Prefecture. Following the 2003 administrative merger of Baise prefecture and city, Ma became the first Party Secretary of the newly formed Baise city.[3]
In 2004, he was promoted to Vice Chairman of the People’s Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. By March 2005, he had become a Standing Committee Member of the CCP Guangxi Regional Committee, while concurrently serving as Party Secretary ofNanning, the capital of Guangxi, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Nanning People’s Congress. In December 2007, Ma was appointed Deputy Party Secretary of Guangxi, Vice Chairman of the autonomous region’s government, and Acting Chairman. He was formally electedChairman of the People’s Government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in January 2008.[3]
Ma Biao was electedVice Chairman of the 12th National Committee of theChinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in March 2013, succeedingLi Zhaozhuo.[3] In January 2018, he was elected a member of the 13th CPPCC National Committee and was re-elected as its Vice Chairman in March of that year.[4] He stepped down from his position as Vice Chairman of the CPPCC on 10 March 2023.[5]
| Government offices | ||
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| Preceded by | Chairman of Guangxi 2008–2013 | Succeeded by |
| Party political offices | ||
| Preceded by | Party Secretary of Nanning 2005-2007 | Succeeded by Che Rongfu [zh] |
| Preceded by Position established | Party Secretary of Baise 2002-2004 | Succeeded by |