H.E. Mr. Ma Zhengang, born in November 1940; Native of Shandong Province of China; University Graduate.

1965-1967 Study in the United Kingdom.

1967-1970 Staff Member, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA)

1970-1974 Staff Member and then Attaché, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Yugoslavia.

1974-1981 Attaché and then Third Secretary, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA

1981-1985 Deputy Consul (Third Secretarial) and then Consul (Second Secretarial), Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Vancouver, Canada

1985-1990 Deputy Director and then Director, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA

1990-1991 Counsellor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in the United States of America.

1991-1995 Deputy Director General and then Director General, Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs, MFA

1995-1996 Vice Minister, Foreign Affairs Office of the State Council

1997-2002 Ambassador to the Court of St. James

2002-2004 Ambassador in MFA

2004- President of China Institute of International Studies (CIIS),

Member of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Cochairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of CPPCC

Married with one son.