Ma Qingnian

Ma Qingnian (; November 1, 1917 – 1997) was a Hui national and Chinese politician originally from Ankang, Shaanxi Province.

Biography He became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in March 1935, and subsequently joined the CCP in May 1935. He served as a soldier in the 25th Red Army, subsequently becoming an instructor and a propaganda officer within the political department of a regiment. Subsequently, he assumed the role of secretary for the former CCP Chifeng Municipal Committee, accompanied the army southward in 1949, and held positions as a standing committee member and secretary-general of the CCP Changsha Municipal Committee, deputy minister of the United Front Work Department of the CCP Gansu Provincial Committee, director of the Provincial People's Committee, deputy governor of Gansu Province, deputy minister of the United Front Work Department of the Northwest Bureau of the CCP Central Committee, deputy director of the Shaanxi Provincial Revolutionary Committee, and director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region.

He served as a delegate to the 12th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party and as a deputy to the 2nd, 3rd, 5th, and 6th National People's Congresses.

He died on November 4, 1997, at the age of 80 in Xi'an.