In 2023, Ma was elected as a deputy to the 14th NPC. As a frontline industrial worker in the new era, he leveraged his expertise and professional strengths and put forward high-quality suggestions in support for industrial workers.

At the NPC session in 2023, Ma submitted suggestions on promoting craftsmanship to cultivate high-skilled professionals and on the national support for establishing a key laboratory for equipment manufacturing based on Heilongjiang's existing basic research.

Ma Bing (center) briefs his colleagues on the guiding principles of the second session of the 14th National People Congress. [Photo provided to npc.gov.cn]

At this year's session, Ma called for more endeavors to enhance vocational education, optimizing the allocation of educational resources and establishing a comprehensive framework for vocational education, in order to nurture a greater number of versatile high-skilled talents in the manufacturing sector.

Committed to carrying forward the essence of the Ma Hengchang Team, Ma said he will nurture new generations of knowledgeable, skilled, and innovative blue-collar workers, and contribute to the development of new quality productive forces and the country's high-end equipment manufacturing industry.

Ma Bing (second from the left) solicits public opinions at Hongxing community in Longsha district in Qiqihar city, Northeast China's Heilongjiang province. [Photo provided to npc.gov.cn]

Gong Yixi contributed to this story.