Bao Yixin started to playing badminton when she was child at the age of 6, and began to receive a formal training at the age of 8. She was selected in to the national team when she was 14, playing in the doubles discipline. ;Women's doubles In 2010, Bao Yixin reached the women's doubles final of the
China Masters with
Lu Lu. Ath the age of 19, she first won the
2011 Japan Open with
Zhong Qianxin and the
Canada Open Grand Prix with
Cheng Shu. One year later, the couple Bao and Zhong won the
2012 Singapore Open and the
China Masters back to back. They also reached the final of the
2012 Swiss Open losing to compatriots
Xia Huan and
Tang Jinhua and the final of the
2012 India Open losing to the Korean pair of
Jung Kyung-eun &
Kim Ha-na. The couple of Bao Yixin and Zhong Qianxin reached the number 2 spot on the
BWF World Ranking for women's doubles in January 2013. They lost the final of the
2013 China Open at home to compatriots
Wang Xiaoli and
Yu Yang. Before this, early in 2013, Bao Yixin paired up with
Tian Qing to win the
2013 Malaysia Open. Later in the month June 2013, Bao Yixin teamed up again with
Cheng Shu to win the
2013 Indonesia Open final in a close fought battle against teammates
Tian Qing &
Zhao Yunlei 21–17, 22–20. One month later in July 2013, Bao teamed up with Zhong Qianxin again to this time win the
2013 U.S. Open. She also reached the quarter finales of the
World Championships with Zhong in August of the same year. ;Mixed doubles Bao Yixin and her partner
Liu Cheng reached the final of the
2013 Hong Kong Open in mixed doubles. One year earlier, she had already reached the final of the
2012 French Open with
Qiu Zihan, narrowly losing in three games to
Xu Chen and
Ma Jin (17–21, 21–19, 18–21). Her biggest victory to date in the mixed doubles event was winning the
2011 Indonesia Open Grand Prix Gold with
He Hanbin after opponents
Xu Chen and
Ma Jin had to retire with injury in the second game of the final (21–19, 1–4). After two semi-finals at the
Swiss and the
Singapore Opens Bao Yixin and Liu Cheng received a bronze medal at the
2014 BWF World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark by reaching another semi-final. After retired, she continue her law degree in
Xiangtan University in Hunan, and then moved to study English in Sydney, Australia. She also teaching badminton in a local club in Sydney in her spare time. == Personal life ==