[2] Ling represented China at the 2014 World Junior Curling Championships, where his team finished in last place with a winless 0–9 record.

[3] Ling represented China internationally at the men's level at the third leg of the Curling World Cup event.

At the 2019 World Mixed Doubles Qualification Event, Yang and Ling teamed up to secure China a spot in the 2020 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, defeating Turkey in the qualification final.

[6] Yang and Ling did get a chance to represent China at the 2021 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, where they finished in ninth place with a 4–5 record.

[7] On February 7, 2022, in the 13th round of the curling mixed doubles round-robin competition at the Beijing Winter Olympics, the Chinese team Ling Zhi/Fan Suyuan lost 6-8 to Czech players Tomáš Paul/Suzanne Paulova, who suffered 7 consecutive games.