He became a member of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in January 1989 and commenced employment in July 1990. From September 1986 to July 1990, Ma pursued studies in traffic engineering at the Department of Road and Transportation Engineering at Tongji University. Following graduation, he served as an assistant engineer in the Civil Aviation Planning Division of the General Department of the National Transportation Investment Corporation from July 1990 to March 1994. Commencing in March 1994, he occupied various roles at the China Development Bank, including officer in the Transportation Credit Department, officer in the Sichuan office of the Southwest Credit Department, and subsequently officer, deputy director, and director of the First Credit Division at the Kunming Branch. Subsequently, he held the role of division director in both the General Planning Department and the Business Development Department at headquarters.[2]
In July 2006, Ma was designated as Deputy President and a member of the CCP Committee for the Tianjin Branch of the China Development Bank. Subsequently, he held the positions of deputy director of the Planning Bureau, President and CCP committee secretary of the Qinghai Branch, President and Party Secretary of the Guangxi Branch, Director of the Business Development Bureau, and Vice President and Party Committee Member of the China Development Bank. During this era, he obtained a master's degree in finance from Renmin University of China and a PhD in Management Science and Engineering from Beijing Jiaotong University, thereafter conducting postdoctoral research at Beijing University of Technology. He additionally pursued studies at the University of Bradford and Barclays Capital in the United Kingdom.[3][4]
In April 2020, Ma was appointed to Jiangsu Province as a member of the Party Leadership Group of the province administration. In May 2020, he was designated as Vice Governor and a member of the Party Leadership Group.[5][6] Since January 2023, he has held the positions of member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, Vice Governor, and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Government Party Leadership Group, while also serving as Director of the Office of the Provincial Commission for Integrated Military and Civilian Development. In March 2024, he also took on the positions of Director of the Provincial Financial Office and Secretary of the Provincial Financial Working Committee.[7]