[3] On September 29, 2009, in the mixed doubles quarter-finals of the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China, Yan An/Ding Ning defeated the Sichuan combination Xu Ruifeng/Nie Wei 3-0 and advanced to the semi-finals.

[5] On the same day, in the mixed doubles third place battle at the 11th National Games of the People's Republic of China, Yan An/Ding Ning defeated the PLA combination Xu Ke/Liu Chun 3-1 to win the bronze medal.

[9] On May 20, in the men's doubles final of the 2013 ITTF World Tour Paris Open, Ma Lin/Yan An lost 2-4 to the Chinese Taipei combination Chuang Chih-Yuan/Chen Chien-An and only won the silver medal.

[12] On September 5, 2017, in the third and fourth place final of the men's table tennis doubles at the 13th National Games of the People's Republic of China, Yan An/Lin Gaoyuan defeated the Jiangsu combination Zhang Yudong/Sun Wen 3-1 to win the bronze medal.

[13] On September 22, 2021, in the 1/16 finals of the men's table tennis singles of the 14th Games of the People's Republic of China, Yan An defeated Wang Bo of Heilongjiang team 4-1 and advanced to the top 16.