Ma Zhengang was formerly Chinese Ambassador to the U.K. and is now the President of China Institute of International Studies (CIIS)

He also holds positions as the Chairman of China National Committee, Council for Security Cooperation in the Asia Pacific (CSCAP), Chairman of the editorial board of International Studies, Chairman of CIIS Academic Committee, member of the Tenth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) and Cochairman of Foreign Affairs Committee of CPPCC

Ambassador Ma was born in 1940. After graduating from Beijing Foreign Languages Institute (now known as Beijing Foreign Studies University), he joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (MFA) in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, he studied at Ealing Technical College and later London School of Economics and Political Science in the United Kingdom.

Before taking the current position, Amb. Ma was Director-General of the Department of North American and Oceanian Affairs of MFA, Vice-Minister of the Foreign Office of the State Council, and Ambassador to the UK. He was granted the titles of Honorary Doctor of University of Middlesex, Honorary Academician of University of Central Lancashire, Honorary Research Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society, U K, and Honorary Citizen of the City of London.