Ma Pei, the main work, participated in the logic discussion in China in 1950s, and published articles such as Discussing Formal Logic and Dialectics with Mr. Zhou Gucheng, Is Formal Logic Class-oriented, and On the Object and Objective Basis of Formal Logic. Among them, the first and third articles and another article, Discussing Formal Logic and Dialectics with Mr. Zhou Gucheng, were selected into the Discussion Collection of Logical Problems edited and published by the editorial department of Philosophical Research. The Thinking Law of Formal Logic written by Ma Pei and the Lecture Notes on Formal Logic written by Ma Pei and Zheng Yinan are the first monographs and university logic textbooks published in New China. Therefore, since the 1950s, he has been one of the influential scholars in the field of logic in China. Together with Professor Matt of Beijing Normal University and Mr Ma Bing of Fudan University, he is called "logical Sanma". There are 28 monographs and teaching materials, and more than 73 papers have been written or participated in. Participated in the compilation of General Logic, a logic textbook for liberal arts in China's higher education compiled by the State Education Commission. Up to now, the book has been published in 4 editions and 3 million copies, and won the first prize of excellent teaching materials of the State Education Commission. His papers "On Thinking Form and Language Form" and "On Virtual Concept" both put forward their own unique views. Among them, "On Virtual Concept" won the second prize of excellent works in Henan Province. Dialectical logic is an important topic that Ma Pei has studied for many years. He has edited and participated in the editing of Outline of Dialectical Logic and Course of Dialectical Logic (the latter is a university textbook compiled by the State Education Commission), published a monograph "Research on Dialectical Thinking", and published papers "On the Object of Dialectical Logic" (won the second prize of excellent works in Henan Province) and "On the Law of Unity of Opposites as the Basic Law of Dialectical Logic". His viewpoint represents the viewpoint of a school in the field of China's dialectical logic. Another focus of his research is logical philosophy.
His monograph "An Analysis of Marxist Logical Philosophy" was praised as "the pioneering work of logical philosophy" and won the second prize of excellent works in Henan Province. In addition, he has made great achievements in the study of language logic. The monograph "Fundamentals of Language Logic" won the second prize of excellent works in Henan Province.
In recent years, Ma Pei has undertaken the research work of the national social science fund project Xuanzang Research, and the editor-in-chief Xuanzang Research won the first prize of excellent works in Henan Province. In addition to being busy with teaching and scientific research, he also served as a director of the Chinese Logic Society, vice chairman, executive director and director of the four professional committees of language logic, dialectical logic, formal logic and semiotics, and president of the Henan Logic Society.