Jia Pingwa (; born 21 February 1952 in Shangluo, Shaanxi) is a Chinese novelist.
He is the third most popular writer in China, in a biennial poll conducted by the Chinese Publishing Science Research Center in 2006. His Turbulence: A Novel won the Pegasus prize in literature. His 1993 novel, Fei Du (The Abandoned Capital) "was banned for its explicit sexual content by the State Publishing Administration."