Ma Kai | |
Native Name Lang: | zh-Hans-CN |
Office: | Vice Premier of China |
Alongside: | Zhang Gaoli, Liu Yandong, Wang Yang |
Premier: | Li Keqiang |
Term Start: | 16 March 2013 |
Term End: | 19 March 2018 |
Predecessor: | Wang Qishan |
Office2: | 11th Secretary-General of the State Council |
Term Start2: | March 2008 |
Term End2: | March 2013 |
Predecessor2: | Hua Jianmin |
Successor2: | Yang Jing |
Order3: | 10th |
Office3: | Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission |
Term Start3: | March 2003 |
Term End3: | March 2008 |
Predecessor3: | Zeng Peiyan |
Successor3: | Zhang Ping |
Premier3: | Wen Jiabao |
Birth Place: | Jinshan, Shanghai, China |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Party: | Chinese Communist Party |
Alma Mater: | Renmin University of China |
Ma Kai (; pinyin: Mǎ Kǎi; born June 1946 in Shanghai) was one of the four Vice Premiers of China (Fourth-ranked).[1] He was formerly a State Councilor and Secretary General of the State Council of China.
Ma Kai was born in Jinshan, Shanghai in 1946. He received his Master's degree from Renmin University of China in 1982.[2]
His portfolio also includes putting forth Chinese policies with regard to global warming. He was a member of the 16th and the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, and then a member of the 18th. He was elected to 18th Politburo of the Chinese Communist Party in 2012.
In 2003 he was given responsibility for the National Development and Reform Commission, an organisation which has broad administrative and planning control over the Economy of China.[3]
In November 2017, Ma Kai was appointed to lead the Financial Stability and Development Commission (FSDC).[4] [5] [6]
Ma Kai is also known as an accomplished poet.[7] [8]