Yuan Gai

Yuan Gai (August 1922 – September 10, 1987, ), born in Huaxian County, Shaanxi Province, was a Chinese politician and served as the chairman of the 5th Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Biography Republic of China Yuan Gai became a member of the revolutionary movement in July 1938 and registered at the Northern Shaanxi Public School in the same year. In March 1939, he joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). During the Revolutionary War, he served as a youth officer and political educator in the 699th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army's Fourth Brigade. Subsequently, he occupied other local leadership positions, including district head, head of the enemy operations department of the CCP committee in Siyang and Lian counties, district party secretary, and both deputy and secretary of a county party committee.

People's Republic of China Yuan Gai Building, now 18 Huyuan Road, Xiamen, is the former site where he served as the Party Secretary of the . Following the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Yuan occupied significant roles in Xiamen, including Vice Chairman and subsequently Chairman of the Xiamen Municipal Federation of Trade Unions, Head of the Organization Department of the , and from October 1957 to September 1968, served as the city's First Party Secretary. Subsequently, he held the positions of Party Secretary of the , Standing Committee Member of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, Head of the United Front Work Department, and Secretary of the Provincial Political and Legal Affairs Committee. In October 1985, he was designated chairman and Party Secretary of the Fifth Fujian Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).

Yuan Gai died in Fuzhou on September 10, 1987, at the age of 65.