In August 2014, Hong Kong–based Phoenix Television reported that Ye had been detained for investigation in connection with the Zhou Yongkang case.
She then joined CCTV, initially as the anchor of the program Military Report (軍事報導).
She also took part in the CCTV broadcasts for the return of Hong Kong and Macau to Chinese sovereignty, Y2K, September 11, the completion of the Three Gorges Dam, the war in Iraq, the 16th Party Congress, the fight against SARS, and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
[2] Ye has won numerous awards, including the Golden Microphone, for her television work because of her colloquial and accessible presentation style and tone.
Chinese-language media reported that Ye rendezvoused with former Chinese domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang in Beijing in November 2013, only two days before the latter was detained for a corruption investigation.