Yu Xinqing

Yu Xinqing
余心清
Member of the 3rd and 4th Standing Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
In office
1956–1966
Member of the 1st, 2nd and 3rd National People's Congress
In office
1954–1966
ChairmanLi Jishen
Member of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
1949–1965
Vice-Chairman of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Beijing Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
In office
1949–1966
ChairmanLiu Ren
Member of the 1st and 2rd Central Committee of the Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
In office
1948–1956
ChairmanLi Jishen
Personal details
Born1898 (1898)
Hefei, Anhui, Qing Empire
Died1966 (aged 67–68)
Beijing, China
NationalityChinese
Political partyChina Democratic League
Revolutionary Committee of the Chinese Kuomintang
SpouseLiu Lanhua
RelationsYu Wenrui
Yu Enhui
Yu Enci
ChildrenYu Huaxin
Alma materNanking Theological Seminary
Columbia University
OccupationClergy, politician

Yu Xinqing (Chinese: 余心清; pinyin: Yú Xīnqīng; 1898-4 September 1966) was a Chinese clergy and politician.

Born into a family of local government officials in Hefei, Anhui, Yu graduated from Nanking Theological Seminary as well as Columbia University. In his early years, he was a chaplain in Christian General Feng Yuxiang's army, fought north and south. He had been hailed as "Red Priest" (红色牧师). Yu began his revolutionary career since 1933, he was once in exile in Japan, and he was once arrested and jailed. After the Chinese Communist Revolution, he served in various posts in government. In 1966, the Cultural Revolution broken out, Yu committed suicide during a series of humiliations.