text: Feng Yunhe (1898/ April 1900 - 14 December 1988) was a Chinese scientist who worked in the Chinese government from 1949–1954 as the Minister of Textile Industry.  Alongside Shi Liang and Li Dequan, who were appointed the same year, she was the first female cabinet minister in China (not counting He Xiangning, who served prior to unification). Feng Yunhe was an expert in ramie fibre. She was one of the founders of the China National Democratic Construction Association, one of the eight legally recognised minor political parties in the People's Republic of China. She was the first woman on record to earn a PhD in chemical engineering in the United States.