Previously he served as vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.
[2] In March 2015, he was transferred to Chenzhou and appointed party secretary, the top political position in the city.
[2][3] He was chosen as vice chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in January 2018.
[8] On 25 March 2024, he stood trial at the Intermediate People's Court of Liuzhou on charges of taking bribes and abuse of power.
[9] The public prosecutors accused Yi of abusing his multiple positions between 2003 and 2023 in 2023 to seek favor on behalf of certain organizations and individuals to offer help to others in terms of project contracting, business operation and personnel promotion, and accepted money and property worth more than 81.4 million yuan ($11.5 million) in return.