Cui Baohua (; born November 1958) is a retired Chinese politician who served as vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference from 2013 to 2022. As of August 2024 he was under investigation by China's top anti-graft watchdog. He was a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He was a representative of the 17th and 18th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party.
Cui was born in Juye County, Shandong, in November 1958. In 2008, he earned his master's degree in administration from Southwest Jiaotong University.
Cui enlisted in the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in December 1976, and graduated from the PLA Xi'an Political College during service. He joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in July 1978.
After retiring from the military in November 1992, Cui was assigned to the General Office of the , where he was eventually promoted to deputy director in December 1999.
In September 2003, Cui was transferred to southwest China' Sichuan province and appointed deputy secretary-general of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee and director of the Standing Committee Office of the Provincial Committee. A month later, he was named acting mayor of Meishan, confirmed in February 2004. He was party secretary of Suining in June 2006, in addition to serving as chairman of the People's Congress. He became head of the United Front Work Department of the CCP Sichuan Provincial Committee in September 2012. He took up the post of vice chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference which he held only from January 2013 to January 2022, although he remained head of the United Front Work Department until May 2017.
On 27 August 2024, Cui was put under investigation for alleged "serious violations of discipline and laws" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the party's internal disciplinary body, and the National Supervisory Commission, the highest anti-corruption agency of China. His colleague Yang Kening was disgraced for graft in November 2023.
On 2 March 2025, Cui was expelled from the CCP. On April 3, he was arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate for suspected bribe taking. On July 25, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes. On December 17, he was sentenced to 14 years and fined 5 million yuan for taking bribes worth over 65.39 million yuan (about 9.2 million U.S. dollars).