Ma Xingrui | |
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马兴瑞 | |
17th Governor of Guangdong | |
Assumed office December 30, 2016 (Acting until January 23, 2017) |
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Preceded by | Zhu Xiaodan |
Communist Party Secretary of Shenzhen | |
In office March 26, 2015 – December 30, 2016 |
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Deputy | Xu Qin (Mayor) |
Preceded by | Wang Rong |
Succeeded by | Xu Qin |
Director of the China National Space Administration | |
In office March 2013 – November 2013 |
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Preceded by | Chen Qiufa |
Succeeded by | Xu Dazhe |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1959 (age 57) Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China |
Political party | Communist Party of China |
Alma mater |
Liaoning University of Technology Tianjin University Harbin Institute of Technology |
Ma Xingrui | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 馬興瑞 | ||||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 马兴瑞 | ||||||||||
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Transcriptions | |
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Mă Xīngruì |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Maa5 hing3 seoi6 |
Ma Xingrui (Chinese: 马兴瑞; born October 1959) is a Chinese aerospace engineer and politician who is the Governor of Guangdong. He concurrently serves as the Deputy Secretary of Guangdong Province. Prior to his posting to Shenzhen he had also served as the head of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the provincial party organization, then served as the Communist Party Secretary of Shenzhen. Ma is a full member of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
Ma Xingrui is recognized as one of China's top scientists. He previously served as Vice President of Harbin Institute of Technology, General Manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, Director of the China National Space Administration, and chief commander of Chang'e 3, China's first lunar exploration mission.
Ma Xingrui was born in October 1959 in Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang province, to a family of mine workers in China's industrial northeast. His branch of the family migrated from Yuncheng County, Shandong to Shuangyashan in the 1930s during his grandfather's generation. He received a bachelor's degree at Fuxin Mining College (now Liaoning University of Technology) in 1982, and went on to graduate school for general mechanics at Tianjin University. He earned his doctorate in mechanics at Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT). He joined the Communist Party of China in January 1988. He stayed at HIT to pursue post-doctoral work, and was named a professor in 1991. In April 1992 he became dean of the school of mechanics at the institute. In April 1996 he was named vice president of the institute.