| Office1: | Chairperson of the Education, Science, Health and Sports Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference | ||||||
| Term Start1: | March 2018 | ||||||
| Predecessor1: | Zhang Yutai | ||||||
| Office2: | Minister of Education | ||||||
| Term Start2: | 31 October 2009 | ||||||
| Term End2: | 2 July 2016 | ||||||
| Predecessor2: | Zhou Ji | ||||||
| Successor2: | Chen Baosheng | ||||||
| Office3: | President of Beijing Normal University | ||||||
| Term Start3: | July 1999 | ||||||
| Term End3: | April 2001 | ||||||
| Predecessor3: | Chen Shanzhen | ||||||
| Successor3: | Zhong Binglin | ||||||
| Yuan Guiren | |||||||
| Native Name: | 袁贵仁 | ||||||
| Native Name Lang: | zh | ||||||
| Birth Place: | Guzhen County, Anhui, China | ||||||
| Party: | Chinese Communist Party | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | Beijing Normal University | ||||||
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Yuan Guiren (; born November 1950) is a Chinese academic and politician. He formerly served as Minister of Education and president of Beijing Normal University, his alma mater.
Yuan was born in Guzhen County, Anhui, in November 1950.
In October 2009, he succeeded Zhou Ji as Minister for Education, after the latter had been removed at a regular session of the National People's Congress.[1] He had previously served under Zhou Ji as a deputy minister. At the first plenary session of the 12th National People's Congress in March 2013, he was re-elected.[2]
He was a member of the 17th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, the 17th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (2007-2012), and a member of the 18th Central Committee.