In March 2007, Yi Junqing was appointed as the Director of the Propaganda Department of the Heilongjiang party organization, a position he held until February 2010.
A month later, he was elected as a member of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Standing Committee, joining the elite political ranks of the province.
[1] In February 2010, he was promoted to become the Director of Compilation and Translation Bureau, an organization under the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
[2] On January 17, 2013, Yi Junqing was dismissed from his position for his lifestyle by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
[3] Yi Junqing had a mistress, Chang Yan (常艳), who was a post-doctoral researcher in Compilation and Translation Bureau of the Central Committee.