Ma Xulun

During the May Fourth Movement, he was elected to be the president of the Union of Peking High School and College Faculty.

There, Ma called the province governor to support the Northern Expedition against Sun Chuanfang, and was wanted again.

[1][2] In 1945, Ma Xulun co-founded the China Association for Promoting Democracy along with Xu Guangping, Zhou Jianren and Zhao Puchu.

In Hong Kong, Ma voiced his support for the Labor Day Slogan, which formed the basis of the future system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation led by Chinese Communist Party.

Shortly after, Ma went to Communist Party controlled regions, and supported Mao Zedong's January 1949 statement on the situation of China.

[6]: 70  In his term, Ma also pushed for the highly influential higher education reform of 1952, which cancelled colleges' autonomy and converted China's education system to one that more closely resembled the Soviet Union, creating a number of specialized colleges.