Shi Yongxin (Chinese: 释永信; Pinyin: Shì Yǒngxìn) is the current principal abbot of the Shaolin Temple. He is the thirteenth successor after Shi Xingzheng. He is the Chairman of the Henan Province Buddhists Association, Vice Chairman of the Buddhist Association of China, a representative of the Ninth National People's Congress and also the first Chinese monk ever to get a MBA degree. Yongxin is not a martial abbot, but a clerical one, and his duties are scholarly which involves presiding over large ceremonies at Shaolin; martial abbot Shi De Li is responsible for training monks at the Shaolin Temple.