Yu/Jin were paired together by their coaches in 2009. They did on- and off-ice training from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon with a break in the middle.
2010–11 season Yu/Jin won the silver medal at the
2010 Chinese Nationals. They made their international debut during the 2010–11 season. They won bronze at
JGP Cup of Austria and then won gold at
Czech Skate. At the
Junior Grand Prix Final, they won the bronze medal.
2011–12 season The pair performed a quad
twist at a national competition in 2011, when Yu was 15 and Jin was 17 years old (or 13 and 22). They finished 7th at the
2011 Skate Canada and 6th at the
2011 Cup of China. They then won the bronze medal at their
national championships. Yu/Jin competed at the
2012 World Junior Championships and won the silver medal behind teammates and training partners
Sui Wenjing/
Han Cong.
2012–13 season In the
2012-13 season, Yu/Jin finished 4th in JGP Austria and 2nd in JGP Croatia in their
JGP Events. They finished 5th at the
JGP Final. Yu/Jin then competed at the
2013 World Junior Championships and finished 4th.
2013–14 season Prior to the
2013-14 season, Yu/Jin changed coaches, moving from
Luan Bo to Olympic pairs champion
Zhao Hongbo,
Yao Bin, and Han Bing. They won the gold medals in their JGP events at the
2013 JGP Latvia and
2013 JGP Estonia qualifying them to their fourth
JGP Final in
Fukuoka,
Japan where they won the gold medal. Yu/Jin finished their perfect season by winning gold at the
2014 World Junior Championships in
Sofia,
Bulgaria.
2014–15 season In the
2014-15 season, Yu/Jin made their official senior debut on the
Grand Prix circuit. They won a silver medal at the
2014 Cup of China and a bronze medal at the
2014 NHK Trophy, qualifying them for their first senior
Grand Prix Final in
Barcelona, Spain. At the Grand Prix Final they set new personal bests in both the short program and free skate to finish in 5th place. They then went on to win their second
national title. With the surprise comeback of Pang/Tong, Yu/Jin were not given a spot to compete at the
Four Continents Championships in
Seoul and the
World Championships in
Shanghai, China. Instead, they were sent to the
2015 Winter Universiade where they won the gold medal. It was later announced that they would compete at the
2015 World Junior Figure Skating Championships in
Tallinn, Estonia. Despite training senior program layouts for much of the season, they managed to successfully defend their Junior World title, winning both segments of the competition.
2015–16 season Yu/Jin were assigned to
Cup of China and
NHK Trophy. They attempted their first throw quadruple salchow in competition at Cup of China and won a bronze medal. They then went on to win silver at
2015 NHK Trophy which helped qualify them for the
2015–16 Grand Prix Final in
Barcelona. At the Final they placed 5th. At the
2016 Four Continents Championships, Yu/Jin claimed the bronze. ==Partnership with Zhang Hao==