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Ma Xiaoguang

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Ma Xiaoguang
马晓光
Ma in April 2022
Director of the Information Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
In office
November 2013 – November 2023
DeputyFan Liqing [zh]
An Fengshan [zh]
Zhu Fenglian
Preceded byYang Yi
Personal details
Born1955 (age 68–69)
Kailu County, Inner Mongolia, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materPeking University
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinMă Xiǎoguāng

Ma Xiaoguang (Chinese: 马晓光; born 1955) is a Chinese diplomat who was director of the Information Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council from January 2014 to November 2023.[1][2]

Biography

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Ma was born in Kailu County, Inner Mongolia, in 1955. His father was an editor of a TV station, and his mother was a teacher of a primary school of Hui people. In 1970, his parents were sent to the May Seventh Cadre Schools to do farm works in Yongji County (now Yongji), Shanxi, where he was educated. In 1980, he was admitted to Peking University with the first place of students of arts in Shanxi province. After graduating in 1987, he joined the faculty of the Renmin University of China, where he taught the history of literary criticism in ancient China.

Ma was transferred to the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits in 1992.

In November 2013, he was promoted to director of the Information Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council, concurrently holding the spokesperson position.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Zhang, Yi (3 August 2022). "Mainland spokesman condemns DPP for promoting Pelosi's visit". Chinadaily.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  2. ^ Liu, Zhen (4 August 2022). "China detains a suspected Taiwanese separatist following Nancy Pelosi's trip". South China Morning Post. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
  3. ^ Sui Xiaojiao (隋晓姣) (23 November 2013). 马晓光掌国台办新闻局. takungpao.com. Retrieved 13 August 2022.
Government offices
Preceded by
Yang Yi (杨毅)
Director of the Information Bureau of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council
2013–2023
Succeeded by