Ma Xiulan was appointed as the Deputy Secretary of the Zhongwei Municipal Committee of Ningxia and nominated as a candidate for mayor.

On July 22, the Zhongwei City Committee convened a standing committee meeting to announce the decision of the Autonomous Region Party Committee on the appointment and removal of cadre positions: Comrade Ma Honghai will no longer serve as Deputy Secretary, Standing Committee Member, Member of the Committee of the Zhongwei City Party Committee, and Mayor of Zhongwei City, and will be appointed to another position. Comrade Ma Xiulan was appointed as a member, standing committee member, and deputy secretary of the Zhongwei City Committee, and nominated as the candidate for the Mayor of the Zhongwei City People's Government.