On 18 December 2022, at the 3rd
Russian–Chinese Winter Youth Games in
Changchun, China, the Chinese team consisting of Yang, Sun Yiming, Pang Siyu, Hou Yuming and Wang Jiajing won first place in the women's 3000m short track speed skating relay competition. Yang won in the U-19 women's 1000m short track speed skating at the National Skating U Series Inter-school League which was held in
Hulunbuir, China in February 2023. On 5 March, she won the women's 1500m in the 2022-2023 National Short Track Speed Skating Youth Championship held in Qitaihe. At the 15th Heilongjiang Provincial Games in April 2023, Yang won the gold medal for women's 1000m short track speed skating. In October 2023, she won the championship in the women's 1500m group A of the China Cup Short Track Speed Skating Elite League Youth Group in Qitaihe. At the 14th Chinese National Winter Games taking place in Hulunbuir in January 2024, Yang won third place at women's 1500m with a time of a time of 2:29.103 and at the women's 3000m at the games, the Heilongjiang team consisting of Yang, Yan Tongyao, Lin Jingyi, Yang Jingru, Wang Kexin and Li Jing, won second place with a time of 4:18.422. In the group A of women's 1500m at the games, she won first place with a time of 1 minute 30.770 seconds. At the
2024 Winter Youth Olympics in
Gangwon, South Korea on 20 January 2024, she won gold medal in the 1500m finals with a time of 2 minutes 33.148 seconds, which was the first gold medal won by a member of the Chinese sports delegation at the 2024 Youth Olympic Games. On 21 January, in the 1000m finals at the games, Yang won silver medal with a time of 1 minute 40.996 seconds. On 24 January, in the final of the mixed 2000m relay at the games, the Chinese team consisting of Yang, Li Jinzi, Zhang Baihao and Zhang Xinzhe won the gold medal with a time of 2 minutes 46.516 seconds. For the 1500 m race, Yang was praised and received attention from the media. At the beginning of the race, Yang accelerated suddenly and swiftly gliding past all of her competition before she lapped the full field while in the remaining 10 laps she maintained her position in the back of other competitors. When the last lap bell went off for Yang, the other competitors completed their penultimate lap, thinking that the race was over. At this point, while appearing to have stayed at the back of the pack, Yang actually finished first with her extra lap. Her teammate Li received hand signs from her trainer, signalling that she has one more lap to go, and eventually finished second. The
TikTok account of the
International Olympic Committee posted the footage from the game, praising it for the "incredible strategy", with the video receiving a viewership of over 10 million. On 18 February, at the third
ISU Junior Short Track Speed Skating World Cup in
Heerenveen, Netherlands, she won first place with a time of 2:21.73. ==Other honors==