He obtained his LL.B. degree from China University of Political Science and Law (2001) and Ph.D. from Peking University Law School (2006). At BNU, Professor Yang teaches Chinese criminal procedure law, foreign criminal procedure law and criminal evidence law for undergraduate and graduate students. His research focuses on criminal procedure law and evidence. Previously, Professor Yang worked as an assistant to Attorney-General of People's Procuratorate of the Fang Shan District of Beijing City (2009-2010). He is also a part-time lawyer in the Beijing Jingshi Law Firm. Mr. Yang has published more than fifty law-related articles. He is the author of "On the Due Basis of Criminal Compulsory Measures" and the translator of Sadakat Kadri’s The Trial: A History from Socrates to O.J.Simpson (2005).