H.E. Mr. Ma Yuzhen, born in September 1934; Native of Shandong Province of China; University Graduate.

1954-1963 Staff Member, Information Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs(MFA)

1963-1969 Attaché and then Third Secretary, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Myanmar

1969-1980 Deputy Director and then Director, Information Department, MFA

1980-1984 First Secretary and then Counsellor, Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Ghana

1984-1988 Director General, Information Department, MFA

1988-1991 Consul General, the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Los Angeles, USA

1991-1995 Ambassador to the Court of St. James

1995-1997 Vice Minister, State Council Information Office

1997-2001 Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China in the HK Special Administrative Region

2001-2004 Ambassador in MFA

Member of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC)

Married with one son and one daughter.