Ip Kin-yuen (Chinese: 葉建源, born 1961) is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong for Education constituency and a chief executive for Hong Kong Professional Teachers' Union.

[2] During his study at the University of Hong Kong, he was the vice president of the Student Union in 1983 and drafted letters to UK Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and PRC Premier Zhao Ziyang stating the Student Union's stance for returning Hong Kong sovereignty back to China.

He joined the political group Meeting Point which composed of professionals who, during the Sino-British negotiations, advocated democracy in Hong Kong under Chinese sovereign.

In 2009, Ip was appointed to Hong Kong Institute of Education but was fired by Fanny Law in the crisis of HKIEd-CUHK merger in 2007[clarification needed].

[4] Ip was elected in Legislative Council of Hong Kong in September 2012 and retained his seat, with 71 percent of the votes cast, in 2016.