Bai Jinian (Chinese: ???; February 19, 1926 – January 15, 2015) was a Chinese politician.
He was best known as the first provincial party chief in China elected by an internal democratic process, when he became Communist Party Secretary of Shaanxi in 1984.
Considered an associate of Hu Yaobang, Bai fell out of favour in 1987 and was removed from his position.