Ma Junqing (; born October 1956) is a Chinese politician from Jilin province, currently Vice-Chairman of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress. He was the vice governor, then

Deputy Communist Party Secretary In modern Chinese politics, a Deputy Party Committee Secretary (; also translated as Deputy Party Secretary, deputy party chief, vice party chief) serves as the lieutenant to the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary, and thus the depu ...

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province. Ma was born in

Gongzhuling Gongzhuling () is a county-level city under the administration of Changchun. It is located in central Jilin province of Northeast China, halfway between Siping and Changchun, along the main railway line in the Northeast. Major employers in the ci ...

, Jilin. He joined the Communist Party in March 1976, shortly before the death of Mao. He graduated from the department of economics at

Jilin University Jilin University (JLU) is a public university in the city of Changchun, Jilin, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education. The university is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. History Founded ...

, and later obtained a doctorate in economics. Ma's political career originated in the Jilin provincial organization of the

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, in which he served as deputy secretary, and secretary, before being transferred to serve as mayor of

Songyuan Songyuan ( zh, s=松原 , p=Sōngyuán) is a prefecture-level city in west-central Jilin province, China. History Even though the present city of Songyuan is predominantly modern in appearance, the area has a long history dating back to the N ...

. He later served as party chief of Siping, and the secretary-general of the Jilin government. He joined the Jilin

provincial Party Standing Committee Members of the standing committees of the Chinese Communist Party provincial-level committees, commonly referred to as ''Shengwei Changwei'' (), make up the top ranks of the provincial-level organizations of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). I ...

as head of the propaganda department in 2004; later he took on the office of the secretary-general of the Jilin provincial party committee, and in August 2008, was re-shuffled to Vice-Governor. In May 2012 he was named executive vice-governor of Jilin. In November 2015, he was named deputy party chief of Jilin province. He left the post in 2017 upon reaching retirement age. He retired in January, 2018.

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