Comrade Yu Lei passed away

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, October 20. Comrade Yu Lei, former deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security and member of the Party Committee, died of illness in Beijing on September 17, 2026 at the age of 97.

After the death of Comrade Yu Lei, relevant leading comrades of the central government expressed their condolences in different ways and expressed condolences to his relatives.

Yu Lei was born in March 1929 in Tianjin. He participated in revolutionary work in April 1945 and joined the Communist Party of China in June of the same year. After receiving training in April 1945, he engaged in underground work of the Party in Peiping. From September 1945, he successively served as secretary of the Eighth District Anti-Japanese Youth League and Rescue Association of Changwan County, Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Border Region, and clerk of the Chahar Provincial High Court. From December 1947, he successively served as deputy captain of the Pingxi Zhoukoudian front-line support team, and chief of the interrogation section of the Luoyang Public Security Bureau in the Western Henan District of the Central Plains Liberated Area. Since September 1954, he has served as section chief, deputy director and director of the Research Office of the General Office of the Ministry of Public Security. From June 1966 to March 1971, he was affected by the "Cultural Revolution" and was sent to work in the "May 7th" Cadre School in Heilongjiang. From March 1971 to May 1979, he successively served as the head of the research team and the head of the office of the Ministry of Public Security. From May 1979 to July 1983, he first served as deputy director of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Bureau and director of the Office of the Political and Legal Leading Group of the Provincial Party Committee, and then worked in the Central Political and Legal Affairs Commission. From July 1983 to March 1993, he served as deputy minister of the Ministry of Public Security and member of the Party Committee. Retired in December 1999.

Yu Lei is a member of the 7th CPPCC National Committee, a standing member of the 8th CPPCC National Committee, and deputy director of the Legal Affairs Committee.