Gao Qinrong (Chinese: 高勤荣; pinyin: Gāo Qínróng; born c. 1955) is a Chinese journalist who was imprisoned for eight years after reporting on a fraudulent irrigation project in his home province of Shanxi. In 2007, he won the Committee to Protect Journalists' International Press Freedom Award. Gao was arrested on 4 December 1998. Ten days later, he was charged with crimes including embezzlement, fraud and pimping. On 28 December, he was found guilty in a secret trial and sentenced to a 12-year jail term.