He graduated from Chongqing Normal University, majoring in Chinese language and literature.
Ma entered the workforce in October 1976 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1977.
[citation needed] Beginning in 1976, he served in several posts in Yongchuan County, including public security member, director, and Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary.
[2] He was promoted to become the deputy director of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in April 2013, a position he held until March 2018.
In March 2018, he became deputy director of the State Administration for Market Regulation, serving in the post until his retirement in May 2019.