Yu was born in
Nanchong,
Sichuan in May 1963. He served in
Chengdu Military Region and
Tibet Military District for a long time. In April 2011, he was appointed Director of Political Department of the 14th Group Army, a position he held until March 2015, when he was appointed Deputy Director of Political Department of the Chengdu Military Region. He was Political Commissar of the
Yunnan Military District in July 2015, and held that office until September 2015. He became Political Commissar of the 14th Group Army in September 2015, and served until March 2017, when he was appointed Political Commissar of the
79th Group Army. In April 2019, he rose to become Secretary of People's Liberation Army Ground Force Commission for Discipline Inspection, replacing Wu Gang. On December 11, 2019, he was awarded the military rank of
lieutenant general (
zhongjiang) by
Central Military Commission chairman Xi Jinping. ==References==