[1] As a young child, he lived in Bingcha in Rudong County, Nantong, Jiangsu and in Zhengzhou, and moved to Beijing when he was 6.

[4] He won the 12th Ricoh Cup in 2012 at the age of 13 years and 6 months, which broke the record for the youngest player to win a Chinese professional tournament.

[10] In a controversial incident in December 2022, Yang publicly suggested that Chinese Go player Li Xuanhao cheated using AI.

The Chinese Weiqi Association ruled that there was no evidence of cheating, and penalized Yang with a six-month partial suspension from competition.

As a notable exception to the suspension, Yang was still allowed to play in the LG Cup final in January–February 2023, which he lost to Ding Hao.