Ye Qingyao (simplified Chinese: 叶庆耀; traditional Chinese: 葉慶耀; Wade–Giles: Yeh Ch'ing-yao; 8 December 1927 – 6 February 2019) was a Chinese mechanical engineer and politician born in Japanese Taiwan and educated in Japan. In 1947, he participated in the February 28 rebellion against Kuomintang rule in Taiwan, and was imprisoned on Green Island for several years before escaping to mainland China from Kinmen in 1956. In China he worked as an engineer, and served as Chairman of Fujian Provincial Committee of the Taiwan Democratic Self-Government League and Vice Chairman of the Fujian Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).