[1] He is an alternate member of the 20th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party.
[3] Yu joined the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in June 1993 upon graduation.
[3] In March 2014 he was admitted to member of the CCP Panzhihua Municipal Committee, the prefecture-level city's top authority, and was appointed executive vice mayor the next month.
[3] In August 2016, he was transferred back to Sichuan Provincial Environmental Protection Department as deputy party branch secretary.
[3] In May 2022 he was admitted to member of the CCP Chongqing Municipal Committee, the city's top authority and appointed party secretary of Wanzhou District in June 2022.