Ma Xingrui
Ma Xingrui | |||||||||||
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| 马兴瑞 | |||||||||||
Ma in 2013 | |||||||||||
| Party Secretary of Xinjiang | |||||||||||
| In office 25 December 2021 – 1 July 2025 | |||||||||||
| Deputy | Erkin Tuniyaz (chairman) | ||||||||||
| General secretary | Xi Jinping | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Quanguo | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Chen Xiaojiang | ||||||||||
| Governor of Guangdong | |||||||||||
| In office 30 December 2016 – 25 December 2021 | |||||||||||
| Leader | Hu Chunhua (2016–2017) Li Xi (2017 onwards) | ||||||||||
| Preceded by | Zhu Xiaodan | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Wang Weizhong | ||||||||||
| Party Secretary of Shenzhen | |||||||||||
| In office 26 March 2015 – 30 December 2016 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||
| Preceded by | Chen Qiufa | ||||||||||
| Succeeded by | Xu Dazhe | ||||||||||
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| Born | October 1959 (age 66) Shuangyashan, Heilongjiang, China | ||||||||||
| Party | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||||||
| Alma mater | Liaoning Technical University Tianjin University Harbin Institute of Technology | ||||||||||
| Chinese name | |||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 马兴瑞 | ||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 馬興瑞 | ||||||||||
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Ma Xingrui (Chinese: 马兴瑞; born October 1959) is a Chinese politician and aerospace engineer who is a member of the Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party. He served as the Party Secretary of Xinjiang from 2021 to 2025.
Ma is recognized as one of China's top scientists. Ma 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. He later served as the Vice Minister of Industry and Information Technology, Head of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Guangdong, Party Secretary of Shenzhen, Deputy Party Secretary of Guangdong, and Governor of Guangdong.
Ma became the Party secretary of Xinjiang in December 2021 and a member of the Politburo in October 2022. His tenure saw a relative easing of security policies in Xinjiang and more focus on economic development. He was succeeded by Chen Xiaojiang in July 2025.