Yin Li, male, Han ethnicity, was born in August 1962 and is from Linyi, Shandong Province. He began his first job in September 1987 and joined the Communist Party of China (CPC) in June 1983. Yin graduated from Semashko Research Institute of Social Hygiene, Economics and Public Health Management, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences where he completed a graduate program in health economics and health management. He holds a Doctor of Medical Science degree.

Yin is currently a member of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, Secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Fujian Provincial People's Congress.