As a member of the Hebei China Fortune youth academy, Yao Xuchen moved to the Serbian side Radnički Pirot on 6 October 2017, along with teammates Wei Changsheng, Wang Hongzhi, Li Shuaihu, Yang Shaochen and Yang Chenyu as a part of a cooperation between the two teams.
[4] He made his professional debut replacing Nemanja Petrov in 83rd minute of the away match against Novi Pazar on 6 May 2018.
[6] Finally, he also started the last game of the season, making an assist to Nemanja Petrov in 3–0 away victory over Sloboda Užice.
[7][8] In February 2019, Yao was loaned to China League One side Beijing Sport University for the 2019 season.
On his return he would be promoted to the senior team of Hebei and would make his debut for the club in a league game on 23 April 2021 against Wuhan in a 1-1 draw.