Lü Fuyuan (Chinese: 吕福源; pinyin: Lǚ Fúyuán) (October 1945 – 18 May 2004) was the first minister of the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China.

He was also awarded by the Central Military Commission because of his contribution to the 35th National Day Parade of People's Republic of China in 1984.

During the eight years in office, he had made tremendous contribution to China's Automobile Industry, and personally involved in a number of projects.

He also invited Wan Gang, a Chinese expert on automobiles who at that time was working with German Audi Corporation, to return to China.

Since 1998, Lü was assigned to be the Deputy Minister in Ministry of Education, and then Foreign Trade and Economic Co-operation.