Yang Li Lian (born 26 January 1993) is a Malaysian badminton player.

[2] In 2010, she won a bronze medal at the Asian Junior Championships in the girls'doubles event partnered with Sonia Cheah Su Ya.

[4] In 2014, she became the runner-up at the Iran Fajr International tournament in the women's singles event after defeated by her compatriot Tee Jing Yi.

[6][7] In January 2015, Li Lian announced her retirement from the Badminton Association of Malaysia in pursuit of her further education.

Li Lian subsequently graduated from the University of Nottingham, United Kingdom with a first-class honours in Mathematics and Economics.