He has served as a cadre of the Youth Department of the Party Committee of Beijing Normal University, deputy director of the Social Science Department, deputy secretary-general of Beijing Normal University, director of the Language Application Management Department of the State Language Commission, deputy director and director of the Language Application Management Department of the Ministry of Education, and director of the Social Science Department of the Ministry of Education.

From June 5438 to February 2005, he served as director of the Social Science Department of the Ministry of Education.

1995- 1996, visiting scholar at Wright University, Ohio.

On June 3rd, 20 13, due to another appointment, the Party Group of the Ministry of Education of the Communist Party of China decided to remove Comrade Yang Guang from the post of Director of Social Science Department.

20 15 due to the limitation of seniority, Yang Guang, the chairman of China Education Publishing Media Group Co., Ltd., was removed.