Ma Bing, head of the Ma Hengchang Team at the precision workshop of a subsidiary of Genertec Qiqihar No 2 Machine Tool Co, Ltd in Qiqihar city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province, has spent decades pursuing excellence and craftsmanship. As a deputy to the National People's Congress (NPC), he is dedicated to the mission of serving the people and leads the way in industrial innovation in the new era.

Ma started as a lathe operator and joined the Ma Hengchang Team in 2004 after undergoing rigorous technical assessments. The team was established in 1949 and named after Ma Hengchang, a national model worker, whose craftsmanship and commitment to precision has been upheld till this day.

In 2005, when the factory acquired its first computer numerical control (CNC) machine tool, Ma became the first one in the team to master the technology, dedicating himself to learning CNC machine tool theory and techniques. Subsequently, he became a pioneer in CNC programming and machining techniques in the factory.

Ma became the head of the Ma Hengchang Team in 2012, which has evolved into an exemplary precision workshop with the primary objective of addressing core technological challenges in key fields.

Ma Bing operates machines in the workshop. [Photo provided to npc.gov.cn]