Ying came to prominence beginning in 2003 in Zhejiang province, and served as the president of the provincial High Court.

On February 12, 2020, Ying was appointed Party secretary of Hubei, replacing Jiang Chaoliang during the COVID-19 pandemic, where he served until March 2022.

He successively worked his way up the bureaucratic hierarchy in Taizhou, heading its public security department, then its Political and Legal Affairs Commission (Zhengfawei).

The move was therefore interpreted as grooming Ying for higher office, likely the future mayor of Shanghai.

On February 12, 2020, Ying was appointed Party secretary of Hubei, replacing Jiang Chaoliang during the COVID-19 pandemic.

[5] On April 20, 2022, he was made vice chairperson of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress.