[2] Born in Wangcheng County of Changsha, Hunan in June 1956, Li Yilong graduated from Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in 1988.
[3][4] In March 2016, he was named deputy director of Hunan Provincial Rural Work Leading Group, but having held the position for only one month, while he was placed under investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
[5] On August 11, 2017, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes, corruption, abusing his powers, and holding a huge amount of property with unidentified sources.
[citation needed] On January 15, 2018, he was sentenced to 18 years for accepting bribes, holding a huge amount of property from an unidentified source and abusing his power by the Loudi Intermediate People's Court.
[6][7] Li married Yang Lan (杨岚; born 12 April 1968), who served as a section member in Changsha Municipal Government before detaining by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).