Yu Lei

Yu Lei (; born March 2, 1929) is a Chinese politician and public security official who served as vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security from 1983 to 1993. He also served as vice president of the China Law Society and vice president of the China Police Society.

Biography Yu was born in Tianjin on March 2, 1929. He joined the revolutionary movement in April 1945 and became a member of the Chinese Communist Party in June 1945. During the Chinese Civil War, Yu served in a number of judicial and public security positions, including secretary of a youth rescue association affiliated with anti-Japanese resistance organizations, clerk at a provincial high court, and judge in a county judicial office. He later worked in Luoyang as deputy section chief and section chief of the interrogation division of the Luoyang Public Security Bureau, and subsequently served as deputy section chief of the interrogation section under the Social Affairs Department of the CCP Luoyang Prefectural Committee.

Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949, Yu worked in the Ministry of Public Security under the Central South Military and Administrative Commission. He successively served as deputy section chief and section chief of the Research Section of the ministry's general office. After the creation of the national Ministry of Public Security, he held several research and administrative posts in the ministry's General Office, eventually becoming director of its research office.

During the Cultural Revolution, Yu was persecuted and removed from office. After returning to work in 1971, he served as head of the investigation and research group of the Ministry of Public Security's General Office and later as head of the office itself. He subsequently became deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Bureau and director of the Office of the Political and Legal Affairs Leading Group of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.

From 1983 to 1993, Yu served as a member of the party group and vice minister of the Ministry of Public Security. In 1992, he was awarded the rank of deputy commissioner general. During his tenure, he concurrently served as secretary-general of the National Narcotics Control Commission, vice director of the Beijing Comprehensive Management Commission for Public Security, president of the China Fire Protection Association, and vice president of the China Law Society.

Yu was a member of the 7th and 8th National Committees of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and served as a standing committee member of the 8th CPPCC National Committee. He also served as vice chairman of the CPPCC Social and Legal Affairs Committee and as a member of the Central Commission for Comprehensive Management of Public Security. Yu retired in February 2000.