He is the Leading Talents of Foreign Lawyers in Guangdong Province, deputy director of Guangzhou Lawyers Association’s Committee of Business Research and Training and member of the Professional Committee of Company Law. Chaonan Yang has a particular expertise in modern enterprises legal risk management, corporate governance, antitrust, civil and commercial dispute resolution, international goods sales disputes, etc. He had ever served as head of legal department of a large listed central enterprise and a large-sized private manufacturing enterprise for years.

Lawyer Yang who has a background of studying in German elite university, is able to work in English. Lawyer Yang is familiar with the UK Law and the maritime arbitration rules, the international letter of credit rules in the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong and other places. He had conducted many negotiations, arbitrations and enforcement of international trade disputes in the shipping and offshore industry. He is or was legal adviser of China Baowu Steel Group, Shaoguan Steel Group, JFE Steel, Technology Financial Group, Guangdong Guangxin Holdings Group, Guangzhou Automobile Group, Chongqing University, Cancu Studio International Co., Ltd, Keen Offshore Engineering Co,. Ltd., Ever Bright Enterprise (HK) Co,. Ltd., Ai +Architecture LLC, etc. In 2021, Lawyer Yang Chaonan was awarded as the "Next Generation Partner" in Asia Pacific by The Legal 500, an internationally renowned legal rating agency.

Lawyer Yang has also been engaged in legal education and research and participated in the completion of a major project funded by the Ministry of Education, a key project of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of The State Council and is participating in a major project of the National Social Science Fund of China. He has published six papers and two books. He has also been a tutor in Sun Yat-Sen University and Jinan University.