He used to be the principal of the national revolutionary primary school in Panlong Town, Wuxiang County, Shanxi Province, 1937 joined the Shanxi Anti-Japanese National Salvation Sacrifice League,1938+February served as the head of the four districts of the anti-Japanese democratic government in Wuxiang County, Shanxi Province, 1940 March served as the head of the education department of Wuxiang County Government, and 1940 May later served as Wuxiang County. 1 1 later served as deputy magistrate and county magistrate of Wuxiang county government, 1948 to 1 served as county magistrate of Qixian county government. He used to be the deputy director of the secretariat of Jinzhong Administrative Office and the director of Shanxi Provincial Public Affairs Department. After the founding of the people's Republic of China, he served as director of the guidance office of Shanxi administrative cadre school, 65438+. First secretary,1June 1962 to1May 1966, director of Shanxi Provincial Labor Department, deputy director of General Office of Shanxi Revolutionary Committee, and deputy director of Xingtai Metallurgical Plant in Hebei Province. 1after June, 979, he served as deputy secretary and secretary of Xingtai prefectural Committee of the Communist Party of China, and deputy Commissioner of Xingtai regional administrative office. , 1983.

After retirement, Li Yutian continued to care about the cause of the Party, study, state affairs, reform and development of Xingtai, and actively donated teaching assistants to help the poor. Especially after the Wenchuan earthquake in 2008, he actively responded to the party's call and paid a special membership fee of 5,000 yuan in one lump sum, showing the noble sentiment of an old party member and a veteran cadre who loved the party and the people.