 Following the Communist Revolution, Ye served as the Vice-director of General Administration of Press and Publication (), the President of People Education Publication (), and the Vice-Minister of Education.He was also elected as the Committee of the Fifth Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the National Committee of The Fifth Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), and the Chairman of China Association for Promoting Democracy.Ye died in Beijing on 16 February 1988 at the age of 94.