[4] Born in 1992, Yang attended a kindergarten in Wuhan before moving to Shenzhen, where she finished fifth grade and skipped directly to junior high school.

In 2013, Yang starred alongside Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren in the 3-D movie Legendary.

[16][17][18] In 2018, she starred alongside Li Chen and Wang Qianyuan in the adventure suspense TV drama Seven Days.

[19][20] In 2021, she starred in a series of short dramas Faith Makes Great, which was made by the National Radio and Television Administration to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party.

Chen was also the member of the 9th and 10th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.