Yu, the board member of CPA and deputy director of the CPA Arts Council, was born in Qin'an, Shandong Province and graduated from Tianjin Academy of Arts and Crafts. He's the vice-chairman of the China Civil Aviation Photographic Society, former deputy editor-in-chief of the magazine China Civil Aviation Editorial and board member of the magazine China Photography. Yu Yuntian is a recognized scenery photographer. As one of Nikon's six global image spokesmen, he has held various solo exhibitions both at home and abroad, and published photo albums entitled Mysterious Tibet and The Most Beautiful Places in China.