[1] In 1987, he entered the Department of Automation, Tsinghua University, and earned his doctor's degree in economic management under the supervision of Zheng Weimin.
[1] Yin joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in May 1994, and began his political career in January 1997, when he was despatched to the Reserve Management Department of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.
[1][2][3][4] On 19 January 2018, Yin was appointed vice mayor of Beijing, and ten months later was admitted to member of the Standing Committee of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, the capital city's top authority.
[5] In June 2022, he was made deputy party secretary of Beijing,[6] in addition to serving as acting mayor since 28 October.
[7] On 19 January 2023, he was formally elected as the mayor by the Beijing Municipal People's Congress.