Shi Yanjue

Shi Yanjue (; born April 1956) is a Chinese Buddhist monk and the current president of the Buddhist Association of China, succeeding Shi Xuecheng, who was accused of sexual harassment.

Biography Shi Yanjue was born in Gangu County, Gansu, in April 1956. In January 1982, he took refuge in the Three Jewels under Shi Changhui at Xiangji Temple in Xi'an, Shaanxi.

In June 2004, he became vice-president of the Buddhist Library of China. On November 5, 2006, he was proposed as the new abbot of Guangji Temple. In 2015 he was vice-president of the Buddhist Association of China, an organization overseen by the United Front Work Department of the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. In May 2016, he received an honorary doctorate in philosophy in Buddhist Studies from the Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University. In August 2018, he was named acting president of the Buddhist Association of China, replacing Shi Xuecheng. On December 2, 2020, he was elected president of the Buddhist Association of China at the 10th National Congress of the Buddhist Association of China.