Yin Weimin, male, Han nationality, is a native of Lingshou County, Hebei province. He was born in 1953, entered the work force in 1969, and joined the CPC in 1973, graduated from the Cartographic College of the PLA in 1971, and obtained a master's degree in economics from Jilin University.
He was vice-minister of the Ministry of Personnel from 2000 - 2007 and Director of State Administration of Civil Service from 2008 to 2014.
He was a member of the 17th and 18th CPC Central Committees and he served as minister of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security (an integration of two existing groups, the current Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Labor and Social Security) from 2013 to 2018.