Ma Zhengwu
Chinese politician
Ma Zhengwu (Chinese: 马正武; born January 1963) is a Chinese business executive and politician who is the current general manager of China Rong Tong Asset Management Group Corporation Limited. He was a member of the 19th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. He was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
Biography
Born in January 1963, Ma graduated from Beijing University of Chemical Technology in 1985. In 1999, he earned his M.B.A. from the International Business School of Hunan University.
After university, he worked at Beijing Leather Factory, where he was eventually becoming its deputy party secretary. In 1991, he was made deputy director of China National Packaging Corporation, but having held the position for only a year. In 1992, he was appointed director of the General Office of the Ministry of Materials, a post he kept until 1996, when he was transferred to China National Materials Development and Investment Corporation and appointed deputy general manager. He was executive vice president of China Chengtong Holding Co., Ltd. in 2001 and subsequently chairman of China Chengtong Holdings Group in 2004.
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