Before becoming the president of China Merchants Bank, Ma Weihua was the president of the Hainan Branch of the People's Bank of China and the director of the Hainan Branch of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange. He should be a civil servant at the department level. Naturally, after becoming the president of China Merchants Bank, he can no longer retain his status as a civil servant. However, civil servant status can be reinstated at any time if the government appoints another person.