Ma Kai

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In the foreground Ma Kai 2013 in Xiamen

Ma Kai ( Chinese  馬凱  /  马凯 , Pinyin Mǎ Kǎi ; born June 1946 in Jinshan , Shanghai ) was elected in 2013 by the National People's Congress as one of the four vice premiers of the People's Republic of China . Previously, in 2003, Ma Kai was promoted to head of the National Development and Reform Commission . In 2008 he was appointed Deputy Minister with the task of overseeing the planning ministries.

Ma Kai has been a member of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party since 2002 , of which he has been a member since 1965. Since 2012 he has also been a member of the Central Leadership Circle of China, the Politburo of the Communist Party of China .

He is also active as a poet.

Life

Ma Kai was born in Shanghai and studied political economy at the Chinese People's University in Beijing .

Relation to Germany

Ma Kai visited the Engels House in Wuppertal in 2010 while on a trip to Germany . There he let museum director Eberhard Illner give him a four-hour lecture about the entrepreneur and communist philosopher Friedrich Engels . During this visit he promised the museum a statue of Engels . In 2014, a 3.85 meter high bronze statue of Engels was presented to the city fathers. The statue designed by Zeng Chenggang was ceremoniously unveiled on June 11, 2014.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Ma_Kai/summary
  2. ↑ Bloomberg News: Who's Who in China's New Government Leadership Lineup, May 16, 2013; accessed on January 11, 2014
  3. ↑ http://www.chinavitae.com/biography/Ma_Kai/career
  4. ↑ Bloomberg News: Who's Who in China's New Government Leadership Lineup, May 16, 2013; accessed on January 11, 2014
  5. ↑ Ulrike Hofsähs: China gives Wuppertal a monument to Friedrich Engels . in Speyerer Morgenpost from January 8, 2014

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Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Ma is the family name here, Kai is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Ma, Kai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 马凯 (Chinese); 馬凱 (Chinese); Mǎ Kǎi (Pinyin Romanization)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Chinese politician, member of the Politburo and Deputy Prime Minister
DATE OF BIRTH June 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Jinshan , Shanghai