Yu Zhengui

Muhammad Ali Yu Zhengui (; February 1946 – 18 August 2019) was a Chinese historian and scholar of Islam. He served as Executive Vice President of the Islamic Association of China and President of the Ningxia Academy of Social Sciences. He was a member of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress.

Life and career Yu Zhengui was born in February 1946 in Nanjing, Jiangsu, Republic of China. He was a member of the Muslim Hui ethnic group. His Arabic name was Muhammad Ali .

From 1964 to 1970, Yu studied history at Fudan University in Shanghai. In August 1970, during the Cultural Revolution, he was sent to perform penal labour at a laogai camp in Pingluo County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, and later became a teacher. From 1974 to 1980, he worked at Northwest Coal Mining Machinery Factory in Dawukou, Shizuishan.

In January 2000, Yu was appointed Vice President of the Islamic Association of China, and later promoted to Executive Vice President. From September 2011 until his death, he was an advisor to the association.

Yu died on 18 August 2019 at the age of 73. His funeral was held at the China Islamic Institute on 20 August. and The Development of Northwest China and Its Opening to the West ; the last was awarded the Sixth National Book Prize of China.