He used to be the company guide editor of the third army division of Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei, the editorial board member of the Children's Daily of North China Military Region, the vice president and president of the North China People's Liberation Army newspaper, and the vice president of the North China Military Region Branch of Xinhua News Agency. 1955, he served as director and vice president of the editorial department of the People's Liberation Army Daily, president of Long March Publishing House and editor-in-chief of China Militia Magazine. He is the author of Generals and Orphans.
Comrade Yao, a retired cadre and former vice president of the People's Liberation Army newspaper, died in Fuzhou, Fujian Province at the age of 88.