Yiming 's original concert music has been performed worldwide by notable orchestras such as the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Belgium Royal Wind Orchestra, Beijing Symphony Orchestra, etc.

Yiming graduated from the Composition Department of the Central Conservatory of Music, China, where he studied composing with Professor Zhenmin Xu, Changjun Xu and Liqiang Dong.

He has also studied composing with Professor Michael Hersch who is the Director of Composition Department and Rome Prize winner, at Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University conservatory.

In 2006, he was the first Chinese to participate in the three-pipe symphony and won the third prize of Takemistsu Composition Award in Japan at the age of 23.

In 2008, he won second place in the third Harelbeke International Composition Competition in Belgium.

In 2010, He was the recipient of the BMW Musica Viva Composition Prize in Germany.