Yin Hongbo started his football career with China League Two side Guangdong Sunray Cave in 2007.

[1] He would go on to be part of the squad that won the division and promotion into the top tier at the end of the 2013 China League One campaign.

[2] On 24 January 2017, Yin transferred to fellow Chinese Super League side Hebei China Fortune.

After five seasons with the Hebei FC, on 11 April 2022 he joined newly promoted top tier club Meizhou Hakka.

[8] Yin made his debut for Chinese national team on 10 January 2017 in a 2-0 loss against Iceland in the 2017 China Cup.