Yan Yixun, male, Han nationality, is a native of Shanghai. He was born in 1939 and graduated from Qinghua University. Yan has been a research fellow at the Shanghai Institute of Technical Physics and has won prizes from the Chinese Academy of Sciences for his outstanding work in the field. In 1993, he served as chairman of the Chinese Committee to the International Committee on Space Research.
Yan Yixun was a member of the standing committee of the 9th NPC.