2017-2018，visiting scholar in the University of  North Carolina at Chapel Hill;
2010-2011，International Scholar Exchange Fellowship laureate in the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies,Seoul National University;
2002-2006,Peking University, International Relations School;
2004-2005，joint training doctoral student in Moscow University

2006-now, teach in the Department of International Relations, Zhou Enlai School of Government, Nankai University.  
2010,8-2011,8,International Scholar Exchange Fellowship provided by the Korea Foundation for Advanced Studies, Seoul National University, Korea.
2017,8-2018,8,visiting scholar in the UNC-Chapel Hill,U.S.

He has been engaged in the research on Politics and Diplomacy adopted by Russia and Central Asian countries, international institutions and China's ""Belt and Road Initiatives"" .
He is a fellow in the Center for Slavic, Eurasian & East European Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill,U.S. https://cseees.unc.edu/current-fellows/yang-lei/

Current situation and challenge of construction on china-central asia-western asia international transport corridor,journal of Xinjiang normal university(philosophy and social sciences),vol.38 No.1 jan.2017.

The construction of new transnational railway networks in central asia and its benefits coordination, Eurasian Economy, No.1,2016.

Resistance and perspective of transnational railway among china,Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, Eurasian Economy, No.5,2015.

Us-russian relation and china diplomacy,journal of strategy and decision-making, No.5,2015.

Ukraine Crisis and the New Cold War between the U.S. and Russia, Peace and development, No.1,2015.

инфраструктурное взаимодействие и взаимосвязь новое связующее звено сотрудничества между китаем и центральной азией， шелковый путь-ревю， май 2016.

Состояние и перспективы развития культуры буддийской благотворительности в Китае，ВЕСТНИК БУРЯТСКОГО НАУЧНОГО ЦЕНТРА СИБИРСКОГО ОТДЕЛЕНИЯ РОССИЙСКОЙ АКАДЕМИИ НАУК № 2 (18) 2015;
 Экономический пояс «Шелковый путь» и евразийское экономическое сотрудничество，«Деловой Казахстан»№ 23 (420), 20 июня 2014 г.

INTERNATIONAL STRATEGIC SITUATION AND CHINA’S NATIONAL SECURITY,institute for strategic studies,PLA National defense university,Military science publishing house 2013、2014、2015、2016;

Ukraine crisis and the new Cold War between US-Russian , Peace and Development, Vol.1,2015

A power game behind the energy conflict between RussiaandUkraine, International Petroleum Economics,Vol.7,2014.
The interactive rules of the triangular relations among china, Russia and japan ,Pacific journal, No.9,2014.
Process and prospect of ...

2009, The fifth academic annual meeting best paper of social science field in Tianjin,Tianjinsocial science area union;

2009, The fifth humanities and social sciences excellent book prize of the center for Asian studies, Nankai university;

2009, Second Prize of 90th Anniversary Essay topics of Nankai university, Party Committee Propaganda Department, Nankai university;
2007, Second Prize of 2007 Excellent Class Instructor of Nankai university, Department of Student Work, Nankai university;